TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose a destination-level framework incorporating subjective and overall assessments of residents’ quality of life (QOL) and visitors’ quality of experience (QOE) as a means for managing optimum levels of visitor volume at destinations.Design The proposed framework is empirically tested and applied using a large-scale survey of residents and visitors across a four-year time span in Macao, a Special Administrative Region of China that counts among the smallest and densest city-states in the world and which has borne the full force of extraordinary rapid tourism growth in recent years.Findings The study’s findings suggest that subjective assessments of residents’ QOL and visitors’ QOE interact and must be considered together when assessing sustainable levels of tourism at the level of a destination.Originality The study’s value lies in its use of a large-scale survey across a four-year time span to empirically validate theorized maximal values of QOL assessments from the point of view of residents as well as quality of visiting experience from the point of view of visitors. This finding lays future groundwork for more robust management of tourism growth in destinations.
VL  - 9
IS  - 3
SN  - 1755-4217
DO  - 10.1108/WHATT-02-2017-0006
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/WHATT-02-2017-0006
AU  - Dioko Leonardo (Don) A.N.
AU  - So Amy S.I.
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Residents’ quality of life and visitors’ quality of experience: Revisiting tourism carrying capacity in Macao
T2  - Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 349
EP  - 360
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -