Welcome to Planet Happiness.
A Tourism, Happiness and Big Data Project
Planet Happiness, a project of the non-profit Happiness Alliance, measures the happiness of residents living in World Heritage sites and beyond. We work to enhance destination well-being and safeguard our global heritage. Using the state of the art Happiness Index survey, Planet Happiness gathers quality-of-life data that directly measures how individual residents and destination communities view their well-being.
Planet Happiness creates a bridge between host communities and destination managers, including local governments, businesses, NGOs and universities. We support all actors to review change processes underway and identify pathways towards responsible and sustainable forms of tourism, development and heritage management. Globally, Planet Happiness is working to raise international awareness of our need to move Beyond GDP and identify alternative measures of development.
Planet Happiness creates a bridge between host communities and destination managers, including local governments, businesses, NGOs and universities. We support all actors to review change processes underway and identify pathways towards responsible and sustainable forms of tourism, development and heritage management. Globally, Planet Happiness is working to raise international awareness of our need to move Beyond GDP and identify alternative measures of development.
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Happiness Matters.
The purpose of life is to be happy, so say philosophers, leaders and activists ranging from Aristotle to John Lennon and the Dalai Lama. In our Planet Happiness narrative, we use the terms "Happiness", "well-being" and "quality-of-life" interchangeably as they share the same meaning. Happiness is grounded in well-being in all the dimensions of life: community and social support, culture, education, economy, environment, government, health, time balance and work.
We see Planet Happiness as an investment in planet management. Our goal is to help shape, support and inform the work of the Global Happiness Council. By employing the Happiness Index survey, a scientifically valid comprehensive measure of well-being based on Bhutan's GNH index, Planet Happiness connects with host communities to expand conversations about what matters in life and gather happiness data. Planet Happiness works with tourism stakeholders and host communities to understand and use the data for win-win solutions that strengthen people's happiness, safeguard heritage sites and contribute to sustainable development.
We see Planet Happiness as an investment in planet management. Our goal is to help shape, support and inform the work of the Global Happiness Council. By employing the Happiness Index survey, a scientifically valid comprehensive measure of well-being based on Bhutan's GNH index, Planet Happiness connects with host communities to expand conversations about what matters in life and gather happiness data. Planet Happiness works with tourism stakeholders and host communities to understand and use the data for win-win solutions that strengthen people's happiness, safeguard heritage sites and contribute to sustainable development.
Take the Happiness Survey.Build your understanding of what this project is about and take the Happiness Survey. With sections on life-satisfaction, psychological well-being, health, time balance, community vitality, life-long learning, environment and governance, the Survey takes around 15 minutes to complete. At the end, you'll receive your own personal assessment of your happiness and well-being compared with all survey takers. Your personal identification data will never be used or shared; Planet Happiness adheres to the strictest data privacy codes.
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"The purpose of tourism development is to support and improve the well-being of host communities. If it fails to do this, it is neither responsible nor sustainable.”
- PLANET HAPPINESS PROVERB
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Planet Happiness is a project of the Happiness Alliance, a 501(c)3 nonprofit
registered in the United States. All donations are tax-deductible. Planet Happiness name is copyrighted Happiness Alliance, Laura Musikanski & Paul Rogers © 2018 |
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