Tourism demand modeling remains a critical issue in tourism research and practice. To date, demand studies have predominantly focused on economic variables to explain tourism demand. While this is well established, recent research demonstrates the importance of not limiting demand specification to economic variables only. This study proposes an interdisciplinary approach to tourism demand by incorporating the relative quality of life index into the demand specification. Using data from the United States and its 30 top source markets, the findings demonstrate that, in addition to traditional economic variables, a relative quality of life index that encompasses education, health, and stability is a significant predictor of tourism demand.

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旅游需求建模的跨学科方法：生活质量指标

旅游需求建模仍然是旅游研究和实践中的一个关键问题。迄今为止，需求研究主要集中在解释旅游需求的经济变量上。虽然这一点已得到充分证实，但最近的研究表明，不应仅将需求规格限制于经济变量的重要性。本研究提出了一种跨学科的旅游需求方法，将相对生活质量指数纳入需求规范中。利用美国及其 30 个主要客源市场的数据，研究结果表明，除了传统的经济变量之外，涵盖教育、健康和稳定性的相对生活质量指数是旅游需求的重要预测指标。