Quality-of-life (QoL) and well-being research in tourism have significantly increased over the past two decades and today presents one of the fastest expanding and inviting areas of research. This study critically examines the QoL and well-being research progress through bibliometric and qualitative thematic analyses. The paper provides a comprehensive overview of the existing perspectives, and conceptual and operational characteristics of this research stream, and further identifies emerging themes and new research directions. While the impact of tourism development on the QoL of residents/communities, tourists, and industry providers is well understood, there is a lack of empirical research focusing on the inclusion and infusion of QoL indicators to measure performance, facilitate tourism policy and governance, and guide destination management. Designing for QoL is discussed as an encompassing approach to destination development that will promote QoL for all stakeholders involved.

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生活质量：对研究进展的批判性检查


在过去的二十年里，旅游业的生活质量 （QoL） 和福祉研究显着增加，今天是发展最快和有吸引力的研究领域之一。本研究通过文献计量学和定性主题分析批判性地考察了 QoL 和福祉研究的进展。本文全面概述了该研究流的现有观点、概念和操作特征，并进一步确定了新兴主题和新的研究方向。虽然旅游业发展对居民/社区、游客和行业提供者的 QoL 的影响已广为人知，但缺乏专注于纳入和注入 QoL 指标以衡量绩效、促进旅游政策和治理以及指导目的地管理的实证研究。将 QoL 设计作为一种全面的目的地开发方法进行讨论，该方法将为所有相关利益相关者促进 QoL。