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Tourism development and the well-being of local people: Findings from Lembang, West Java, Indonesia
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Sukriah, E. |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | The high number of tourists equally demands the availability of tourism infrastructure. Tourism requires a high usage of land to ensure tourists' satisfaction. On the other hand, tourism should consider the surrounding eenvironmental sustainability especially for the local community. Hence, it is interesting to see how the local community perceives the development of tourism infrastructure in their region. The paper attempts to investigate the economic impact of tourism development in Lembang, West Java, Indonesia, to the local community and how the limited land in tourism destinations affect the local economy. In gathering the data, the authors have distributed Questionnaires to 400 households in the research site. The present paper uses a difference-in-differences (DD) analysis to investigate the economic impacts felt by the community. The results of data analysis have shown that the tourism have altered the community's economics condition. Farmers are the parties who feel the most impact of tourism in Lembang. Book Name: Promoting Creative Tourism: Current Issues in Tourism Research |
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| Ending Page | 277 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 272 |
| DOI | 10.1201/9781003095484-39 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-04-23 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Promoting Creative Tourism: Current Issues in Tourism Research Tourism, Leisure, Sport and Hospitality Indonesia West Java Tourists Local Community Lembang Tourism Infrastructure |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
