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With both qualitative and quantitative approaches, this study examined the success factors of cultural tourism development. It discussed reasons why some cities may find it challenging to sustain cultural tourism development. The findings suggested that the lack of advantageous factors may be because all factors were highly related and that one factor's defect in marketing could easily affect the performance of all other factors. The challenge for cultural tourism development in a less competitive destination may be more related to elementary problems such as governmental leadership and funding rather than the important factors emphasized in theoretical models. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examined the relationship between urban residents' life satisfaction and five life domains-health perception, wealth, safety, community contentment, and cultural tourism development-and investigated whether the perceived life domains discriminated between high and low life satisfaction groups. A survey with convenience sample of 364 residents was administered in Indianapolis. The results showed that the five domains were positively related to life satisfaction and that they discriminated between high and low life satisfaction groups with 72% accuracy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]