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Welcome to Planet Happiness -
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A TEN-STEP DESTINATION FRAMEWORK for
Global Tourism recovery in support of the UN SDGs -
Planet Happiness: Moving Beyond GDP with Tourism, World Heritage, Happiness & Global Well-Being. -
AN INTRODUCTION TO PLANET HAPPINESS.
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OUR TEN STEP DESTINATION APPROACH.
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LATEST NEWS.
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On 17th April 2021, Himalayan Trust, Nepal with the support of Planet Happiness, placed second in the Transformational Impacts of Informational Technology competition, organised by Our World Heritage (OWH). This was to showcase initiatives designed to strengthen the involvement of local communities in the monitoring, interpretation, and presentation of World Heritage Sites.
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Tourism & hosts' well-being: Moving beyong GDP towards a better life
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Our ambassador Professor Larry Dwyer has provided insight on the happiness or contentedness of residents in tourism destinations, where he has identified a promising holistic framework for benchmarking broader societal well-being in this Good Tourism blog post.
Promoting the well-being of local residents is a fundamental objective of sustainable tourism development. In recent years, an increasing volume of tourism-related research has addressed well-being issues as they affect both tourists and destination residents. Read more here. |
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAPPINESS.
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WHO WE ARE.Planet Happiness is a TOURISM and BIG DATA project of the Happiness Alliance Our mission is to focus the attention of all tourism stakeholders on the well-being agenda...... ...and use tourism as a vehicle for development that demonstrably strengthens destination sustainability and the quality of life of host communities. At Planet Happiness, we work with all tourism stakeholders to position host-community well-being front and centre. |
WHAT WE DO.Planet Happiness helps destinations advance their competitive edge through more inclusive, more responsible and more purposeful tourism planning. Using the state-of-the-art Happiness Alliance's Happiness Index survey, which is based on Bhutan's pioneering approach to measure Gross National Happiness. Planet Happiness measures the happiness of residents living in World Heritage sites and beyond. We harvest data that directly measures how individual residents and destination communities view their well-being. |
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HOW WE DO IT.We partner locally to deploy the Happiness Index - an OECD recognised & scientifically valid comprehensive tool that provides a direct experience of how well-being is measured. We analyse data to produce one-page destination score-cards and in-depth data-rich reports. Our reports spark conversations about tourism and destination well-being and how this relationship can be strengthened. |
WHAT WE MEASURE.Based upon Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness (GNH) domains, the factors of happiness we measure are:
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JOIN US TODAY.Build your understanding of what this project is about and take the Happiness Index survey ! It takes around 10-15 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. We adhere to the strictest data privacy codes. |
