"The Concept of a Tourist Area Cycle of Evolution: Implications for Management of Resource"-Butler

"The Concept of a Tourist Area Cycle of Evolution: Implications for Management of Resource"-Butler

1. W. Christaller

   • Tourists change within tourist areas
   • Tourists forever finding undiscovered or forgotten areas
   • Non local visitors that have been attracted to an area

2. A Hypothetical Cycle of Area Evolution

   • Stage 1: Exploration
   • Stage 2: Involvement
   • Stage 3: Development
   • Stage 4: Consolidation
   • Stage 5: Stagnation
   • Stage 6: Decline
   • Stage 6: Rejuvenation

3. S. C. Plog

   • Tourist areas evolve = Attracting different types of tourists
   • Centrics
     • Allocentrics
     • Mid-Centrics
     • Pyschocentrics
   • Old tourist areas compete against newly developed tourist areas
   • "The most attractive and interesting areas in the world are doomed to become tourist relics"

4. Implications

   • Instant Resort
   • Not all tourist areas experience the stages of the cycle
   • Agencies
     • Public
     • Private

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