Evolution stages of tourist destinations

The evolution of a tourist destination goes through six stages: exploration stage, participation stage, development stage, consolidation stage, stagnation stage, decline or recovery stage. In the decline stage, tourists are attracted to new destinations, leaving only a few weekenders or tourists who do not sleep out. A large number of tourist facilities have been replaced by other facilities, and the degree of real estate resale is quite high. During this period, local residents' involvement in the tourism industry resumed growth, and they purchased tourist facilities at very low prices. At this time, the original tourist destination either becomes a so-called "tourist slum" or is completely disconnected from tourism; another possibility is that the tourist destination enters a recovery period after the stagnation stage. There are two ways: one is to create a series of new man-made landscape; the second is to take advantage of untapped natural tourism resources and carry out market promotion activities to attract original and future tourists. Many tourist destinations in the UK and Northern Europe fall into this category.

There are five possibilities in the decline or recovery stage

① Redevelopment of tourist destinations is very effective, so that the number of tourists continues to rise, and the tourist destination enters the recovery stage.

② Limited to small-scale adjustments and transformations, the number of tourists will continue to grow at a smaller rate, the recovery rate will be slow, and attention will be paid to the protection of resources.

③The focus is on maintaining the current number of tourists and avoiding a decline.

④ Excessive use of resources and failure to pay attention to environmental protection have led to a decline in competitiveness and a sharp decline in tourists.

⑤The occurrence of war, plague or other catastrophic events will cause a sharp decline in tourist numbers, and it will be difficult to return to the original level.