IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/ariqol/v18y2023i5d10.1007_s11482-023-10196-7.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Impacts of Tourism Development on Residents’ Quality of Life: Efficacy of Community Capitals in Gateway Communities, Northern Tanzania

Author

Listed:
  • Alpha J. Mwongoso

    (Moshi Co-Operative University)

  • Agnes Sirima

    (Sokoine University of Agriculture)

  • John T. Mgonja

    (Sokoine University of Agriculture)

Abstract

This study examined the structural relationship involving residents’ perception of tourism impacts embedded on material and non-material community capitals, satisfaction, quality of life and whether residents support for further tourism development. Multi method approach was employed to collect data. Focus group discussion with key informants coupled with trend data on wealth, tourism receipts and expenditure complemented the household survey. The hypothesized structural model was empirically tested, involving a randomly selected sample of 408 agro-pastoral residents from three gateway communities; Loliondo, lake Natron and Burrunge in northern Tanzania. It was found that residents support for further tourism development is a function of favourable perceived quality of life, influenced by residents’ satisfaction with both material impacts (i.e. increase in physical and financial capital) and non-material impacts (e.g. devolution of power to community and social-cultural cohesion). However, despite positive tourism impacts observed, residents endure costs in land-use in terms of restricted grazing and cultivation in order to sustain tourism. The study drew conclusion that community capital framework extends the traditional tripartite tourism impacts (i.e. economic, social and environment) to other aspects such as: political, cultural, human and built-capital, thus, provide a thorough understanding about tourism impacts in predicting residents’ quality of life. Future studies should emphasize on the efficacy of community capitals in the context of tourism development and its impacts on resident’s quality of life.

Suggested Citation

  • Alpha J. Mwongoso & Agnes Sirima & John T. Mgonja, 2023. "Impacts of Tourism Development on Residents’ Quality of Life: Efficacy of Community Capitals in Gateway Communities, Northern Tanzania," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 18(5), pages 2511-2539, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:18:y:2023:i:5:d:10.1007_s11482-023-10196-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s11482-023-10196-7
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11482-023-10196-7
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s11482-023-10196-7?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Frauman, Eric & Banks, Sarah, 2011. "Gateway community resident perceptions of tourism development: Incorporating Importance-Performance Analysis into a Limits of Acceptable Change framework," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 32(1), pages 128-140.
    2. David Matarrita-Cascante, 2010. "Changing Communities, Community Satisfaction, and Quality of Life: A View of Multiple Perceived Indicators," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 98(1), pages 105-127, August.
    3. Bennett, Nathan & Lemelin, Raynald Harvey & Koster, Rhonda & Budke, Isabel, 2012. "A capital assets framework for appraising and building capacity for tourism development in aboriginal protected area gateway communities," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 33(4), pages 752-766.
    4. Gil Arroyo, Claudia & Knollenberg, Whitney & Barbieri, Carla, 2021. "Inputs and outputs of craft beverage tourism: The Destination Resources Acceleration Framework," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    5. Woo, Eunju & Kim, Hyelin & Uysal, Muzaffer, 2015. "Life satisfaction and support for tourism development," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 84-97.
    6. Lin, Zhibin & Chen, Ye & Filieri, Raffaele, 2017. "Resident-tourist value co-creation: The role of residents' perceived tourism impacts and life satisfaction," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 436-442.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Di Liu & Fengming Li & Lin Guo & Yongfang Jia & Feng Feng, 2025. "Coupled Coordination and Influencing Factors of Tourism Urbanization and Resident Well-Being in the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-21, May.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Adalberto Santos-Júnior & Fernando Almeida-García & Paulo Morgado & Luiz Mendes-Filho, 2020. "Residents’ Quality of Life in Smart Tourism Destinations: A Theoretical Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(20), pages 1-24, October.
    2. Salvatore Bimonte & Antonella D’Agostino, 2021. "Tourism development and residents’ well-being: Comparing two seaside destinations in Italy," Tourism Economics, , vol. 27(7), pages 1508-1525, November.
    3. Dunja Demirović Bajrami & Adriana Radosavac & Marija Cimbaljević & Tatiana N. Tretiakova & Yulia A. Syromiatnikova, 2020. "Determinants of Residents’ Support for Sustainable Tourism Development: Implications for Rural Communities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(22), pages 1-16, November.
    4. Leah Joyner & N. Qwynne Lackey & Kelly S. Bricker, 2019. "Community Engagement: An Appreciative Inquiry Case Study with Theodore Roosevelt National Park Gateway Communities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-17, December.
    5. Robert, Taya & Renda, Ana Isabel & Pinto, Patrícia, 2022. "Residents' Perceptions on Tourism Impacts and Quality of Life: The Case of Faro," Journal of Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, Cinturs - Research Centre for Tourism, Sustainability and Well-being, University of Algarve, vol. 10(1), pages 39-57.
    6. Uysal, Muzaffer & Sirgy, M. Joseph & Woo, Eunju & Kim, Hyelin (Lina), 2016. "Quality of life (QOL) and well-being research in tourism," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 244-261.
    7. Scarpi, Daniele & Confente, Ilenia & Russo, Ivan, 2022. "The impact of tourism on residents' intention to stay. A qualitative comparative analysis," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 97(C).
    8. Bogdan-Constantin Ibănescu & Oana Mihaela Stoleriu & Alina Munteanu & Corneliu Iațu, 2018. "The Impact of Tourism on Sustainable Development of Rural Areas: Evidence from Romania," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(10), pages 1-19, October.
    9. Bogdan-Constantin Ibanescu & Mihail Eva & Alexandra Gheorghiu, 2020. "Questioning the Role of Tourism as an Engine for Resilience: The Role of Accessibility and Economic Performance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-13, July.
    10. Bryan Cheng-Yu Hsu & Yu-Feng Wu & Hsin-Wei Chen & Man-Lai Cheung, 2020. "How Sport Tourism Event Image Fit Enhances Residents’ Perceptions of Place Image and Their Quality of Life," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(19), pages 1-14, October.
    11. Vegas-Macias, Jordi, 2025. "Social contact and value co-creation practices. Tourist–resident encounters and urban cycling in Copenhagen," Annals of Tourism Research, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
    12. Giovanni Perucca, 2019. "Residents’ Satisfaction with Cultural City Life: Evidence from EU Cities," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 14(2), pages 461-478, April.
    13. Shamsa Kanwal & Abdul Hameed Pitafi & Muhammad Yousaf Malik & Naseer Abbas Khan & Rao Muhammad Rashid, 2020. "Local Pakistani Citizens’ Benefits and Attitudes Toward China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Projects," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(3), pages 21582440209, July.
    14. Mansoora Ahmed & Sun Zehou & Syed Ali Raza & Muhammad Asif Qureshi & Sara Qamar Yousufi, 2020. "Impact of CSR and environmental triggers on employee green behavior: The mediating effect of employee well‐being," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(5), pages 2225-2239, September.
    15. Felix N. Fernando & Dennis R. Cooley, 2016. "An Oil Boom’s Effect on Quality of Life (QoL): Lessons from Western North Dakota," Applied Research in Quality of Life, Springer;International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, vol. 11(4), pages 1083-1115, December.
    16. Michele Preziosi & Alessia Acampora & Maria Claudia Lucchetti & Roberto Merli, 2022. "Delighting Hotel Guests with Sustainability: Revamping Importance-Performance Analysis in the Light of the Three-Factor Theory of Customer Satisfaction," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-20, March.
    17. Shouhao Zhang & An Chen, 2024. "Do Different Queue Formations Influence the Overestimation of Tourism Carrying Capacity?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-16, December.
    18. Sangram Keshari JENA & Aruna Kumar DASH, 2020. "Does Exchange Rate Volatility Affect Tourist Arrival In India: A Quantile Regression Approach," Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 20(2), pages 65-78.
    19. Oksana Tokarchuk & Roberto Gabriele & Oswin Maurer, 2016. "Tourism intensity impact on satisfaction with life of German residents," Tourism Economics, , vol. 22(6), pages 1315-1331, December.
    20. Bimonte, Salvatore & Faralla, Valeria, 2016. "Does residents' perceived life satisfaction vary with tourist season? A two-step survey in a Mediterranean destination," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 199-208.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:ariqol:v:18:y:2023:i:5:d:10.1007_s11482-023-10196-7. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.