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Tourism Dependency And Its Correlation To Selected Socioeconomic Indicators In Utah, Diane S. Gooch
Tourism Dependency And Its Correlation To Selected Socioeconomic Indicators In Utah, Diane S. Gooch
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This paper investigates the relationship between tourism and well being, or quality-of-life, within eighteen counties in Utah. To evaluate the relationship, comparisons of the counties' differing levels of tourism versus their levels of welfare are necessary. To make these comparisons, three basic steps were followed. First, a social ordering model was derived. The proposed social ordering model was based upon Maslow's theory of the hierarchy of human needs. By utilizing his theory, both economic and noneconomic indicators were identified, and a basis was provided upon which to judge the differing positions of well-being. Factor analysis was applied to this model …