Title of Paper
The mediating role of community resilience on the relationship between tourism clusters and community quality of life: A spatial path analysis approach
Abstract (150 Words)
Tourism significantly affects community resilience and community quality of life (QOL), ultimately supporting sustainable community development (SCD). Although there have been efforts to partially link tourism and community resilience, tourism and QOL, or community resilience and QOL, studies have barely considered the relationship between tourism, community resilience, and QOL together within a single framework. This study aims to develop an integrated SCD framework describing the mediating role of community resilience on the relationship between tourism clusters and community QOL. Specifically, this study adopted a spatial path analysis approach to comprehensively consider spatial interactions between communities. The key findings demonstrated that (1) community resilience spatially mediates the relationships between tourism clusters and QOL and (2) the mediating effect of community resilience varies depending on the type of tourism industries. These findings will help community practitioners understand complex mechanisms underlying the relationship between tourism, community resilience, and QOL and develop SCD plans.
The mediating role of community resilience on the relationship between tourism clusters and community quality of life: A spatial path analysis approach
Tourism significantly affects community resilience and community quality of life (QOL), ultimately supporting sustainable community development (SCD). Although there have been efforts to partially link tourism and community resilience, tourism and QOL, or community resilience and QOL, studies have barely considered the relationship between tourism, community resilience, and QOL together within a single framework. This study aims to develop an integrated SCD framework describing the mediating role of community resilience on the relationship between tourism clusters and community QOL. Specifically, this study adopted a spatial path analysis approach to comprehensively consider spatial interactions between communities. The key findings demonstrated that (1) community resilience spatially mediates the relationships between tourism clusters and QOL and (2) the mediating effect of community resilience varies depending on the type of tourism industries. These findings will help community practitioners understand complex mechanisms underlying the relationship between tourism, community resilience, and QOL and develop SCD plans.