Environmental
| Number of accommodation units and facilities
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Amount of land occupied by tourism-related superstructure and infrastracture
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Destruction or alteration of natural habitat by tourism construction
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Amount of erosion, and number of floods and landslides associated with tourism
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Effect of tourism on biodiversity
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Effect of tourism on species distributions and populations
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Effect of tourism on introduction of exotic species
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Density of tourism facilities and tourist activities
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Concentration of tourism facilities and tourist activities
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Number of stayovers and excursionists
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Number of ‘visitor- nights ’
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Seasonality (e.g. Gini coefficient)
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Water, air, noise and solid waste emissions associated with tourism (e.g. expressed per accommodation unit and visitor- night)
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Hazardous waste production associated with tourism
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Amount of litter associated with tourist activities
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Wildlife or habitat deterioration associated with tourist activities
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Resource consumption associated with tourism (e.g. water, fossil fuels, metals, agglomerate, forest products, food)
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Levels of traffic congestion associated with tourism
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Environmental carrying capacity
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Position of destination in Butler resort sequence
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Economic
| Revenues earned directly from tourism
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Income multiplier effect from tourism (i.e. indirect revenues)
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Proportion of destination revenue directly and indirectly obtained from tourism (eg tourism as % of GDP, GPP or GNP)
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Proportion of destination employment associated with tourism
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Average tourism wage as % of overall average wage
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Distribution of jobs by wage level, and measurement of equity
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% of tourism jobs occupied by non-local or foreign personnel
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Extent of backward linkages with agriculture and other destination sectors
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Import content in tourism consumption
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% of all imports related to tourism
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% of accommodations and attractions that are extern ally/foreign owned or controlled
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Profitability of individual operations
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Amount and % of profits and wages that are repatriated or leave local are area
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Mar keting/promotion costs
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Tourism investment by residents and non-residents
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Overall economic impact
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Social
| Resident reactions toward tourism and tourists (e.g. Irridex)
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No. of resident complaints against tourism
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Amount of crime directed against tourists and tourism industry by residents and non-residents
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Amount of tourism-related prostitution
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Local patronage of tourist attractions and facilities
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In-migration associated with tourism industry
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Ratio of residents to tourists
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Amount of tourist-instigated crime
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Psychographic profile e.g. allocentrics, midcentrics and psychocentrics
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Tourist satisfaction with destination
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Destination image held by visitors and potential visitors
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Tourist Attractiveness Index (Smith 1989)
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% of tourists who are repeat visitors
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Average length of stay
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Social carrying capacity
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Cultural
| Conformity of tourism architecture to local vernacular
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Number and condition of heritage structures and sites
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Integrity of local culture
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% of visitors who are international
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Market dominance (e.g. concentration ratio)
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Extent of cultural commoditization
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Management
| Recycling and fuel efficiency performance of tourism accommodations, attractions and transportation
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Existence of a tourism-related master plan
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Existence and actions of tourism-related interest groups
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Number of codes of ethics and good practice in place
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Extent of industry and tourist adherence to codes
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Participation of tourism industry in community improvement projects and programs
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Existence of tourism education and awareness programs
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Existence of resident education and awareness programs
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Habitat enhancement and/or protection associated with presence of tourists
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Amount of tourism-related laws and regulations
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Presence of EIA procedure for tourism-related businesses
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No. of cultural heritage sites that are protected due to tourism
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