The contribution of vacations to quality of life

Abstract

The contribution of vacations to people's life satisfaction and Quality of Life (QOL) has recently attracted substantial attention among tourism researchers. Yet, most QOL scales do not include vacations: 7% explicitly measure vacations whereas 42% only include items relating to vacations within the broader Leisure domain. Leisure and vacations, however, differ substantially in nature with leisure referring to regular home-based activities and vacations being infrequent leisure activities away from home. As a consequence of the common amalgamation of vacations with leisure, there is limited knowledge about the specific contribution of vacations to people's QOL. The present study (1) presents empirical evidence for the contribution of vacations to QOL, (2) determines the extent of this contribution, and (3)

Formation of service and resource stability conditions of urban public passenger transport

“…Питання формування оціночних парамет-рів сталого розвитку транспорту є актуальною задачею, яка протягом останніх років набуває поширення у сфері досліджень присвячених, як загальній оцінці якості життя міського на-селення [2][3][4], так і розгляду окремих задач підвищення ефективності транспорту [4][5][6][7][8]. Аналіз робіт дозволив виділити єдність під-ходів до вирішення цієї задачі, яка полягає у спробах формування складу індикаторів, за допомогою яких можна визначити тенденції та напрям відповідності загальних функцій транспорту відносно принципів сталого роз-витку міського середовища.…”

Cultural Capital of Visitors, Classical Music Festival Satisfaction, and Quality of Life

“…Although differences exist among scholars regarding a precise definition of QoL, as it is a multifaceted construct that involves a variety of issues, indicators, and measures (Angner, 2010;Kruger et al, 2013), a growing consensus associates QoL with an individual's subjective evaluation of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with his/her life (Liburd and Derkzen, 2009;Kruger et al, 2013;Dolnicar et al, 2012). The term is often used interchangeably with subjective measures for well-being, life satisfaction, and happiness (Liburd and Derkzen, 2009;Kruger et al, 2013).…”

Travel as a Life Priority?

“…While they did not ask people to rank the importance of travel in comparison to other dimensions, their study of Australian adults (Dolnicar et al, 2013) did reveal 11% of respondents felt a vacation was core to their quality of life, 59% stated vacations were not essential, but could potentially enhance quality of life and 30% indicated vacations do not enhance quality of life. Dolnicar et al (2012) further conclude the importance of vacations to quality of life and how they need to be disaggregated from the broader basket of leisure when considering this issue.…”

“…Dolnicar, Lazarevski, and Yanamandram (2013) and Dolnicar, Yanamandram, and Cliff (2012) examined the relationship between vacations and quality of life. They recognize that not all people want to go on vacation and instead argue some people may see a vacation as essential to the maintenance of a certain quality of life, while others may not care about vacations at all.…”