The Effects of Tourism on Quality of Life (A Case Study of Meshkinshahr)

Does tourism contribute to quality of life in tourism destinations? This study investigates the effect of tourism upon quality of life in Meshkinshahr. The study is an applied research based on the purpose. In terms of methodology, this study is a descriptive research. The survey instrument used in this research was a structure questionnaire, the validity and reliability of the survey was based on content validity, and Cronbach's Alpha value in SPSS Version 24. Also for the tourism impacts scale was 0.85 indicating good degree of reliability for the sample. According to the survey, quality of life in the city was poor. Moreover the local residents believe that tourism development would lead to the positive and negative outcomes on their quality of life, nevertheless they support tourism development.