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Abstract
Although a number of studies examined local communities' perceived quality of life (QOL) related to tourism development, little research has directly investigated the objective measures of residents' QOL. This article used China as a case to examine how tourism development relates to and possibly impacts objective measures of residents' QOL at a regional level. Specifically, the study explored whether significant differences exist among the three groups of provinces with varying levels of tourism development in relation to 17 objective indicators of QOL. The source of data mainly consisted of the National Bureau of Statistics of China and all provincial bureaus of statistics from 1990 to 2006. The results indicated that the residents of provinces with the highest level of tourism development lead a significantly “better life” than those who are in the regions on medium or low level of tourism development.
目前虽然不乏探讨与旅游发展相关的社群感知的生活质量的文献，但直接研究居民生活质量客观测量标准的文章却不多。本文以中国为例，从地区层面上研究旅游发展对居民生活质量的客观测量的影响及两者之间的关系。具体地说，本文探讨3组旅游发展水平各异的省份在17个生活质量的客观指标中是否存在重大差异。本文的数据来源主要包括1990年至2006年中华人民共和国国家统计局及各省统计局的数据。研究结果显示, 旅游发展水平最高的省份，其居民的生活质量远远高于居住在旅游发展水平中等或较低的省份的居民生活质量。