The Effects of Responsible Tourism on the Quality of Life of Community in Tourism Destination of Com Village

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the influence of responsible economic and social tourism on the quality of life of the community in a tourism destination. A-276 local households were selected to become respondents of the research. To this, pre-designed structural questionnaires were distributed to 276 households and returned, while Smart-PLS 3.0 was used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that responsible economic and social tourisms had significant impacts on the quality of life of the community. This implies that government and other stakeholders should develop appropriate strategy for responsible tourism to enhance economic growth and social reinforcement, ultimately contribute to improve the quality of life of the community in the tourism destination.