Six stages of tourist destination evolution

The evolution of tourist destinations goes through six stages: exploration stage, participation stage, development stage, consolidation stage, stagnation stage, decline or recovery stage.

1. Exploration stage: There are only scattered tourists in the travel destination, there are no special facilities, and its natural and social environment has not changed due to travel. Most areas of Antarctica, Latin America and the Arctic Ocean of Canada The region is at this stage.

2. Participation stage: local investment in the tourism industry. There is obvious seasonality. Travel destinations are advertised. The source of tourists is determined. The public sector invests in tourism infrastructure. Some smaller, less developed islands in the Pacific and Caribbean are in this stage.

3. Development stage: clear customer source markets, a large amount of advertising. Foreign investment and occupying a strong position. Artificial landscapes appear and replace natural or cultural attractions. Parts of Mexico, North Africa and the West African coast belong to this stage.

4. Consolidation stage: The growth rate slows down. Extensive advertising is carried out to overcome seasonality and develop new markets. Local residents are disgusted and dissatisfied with the arrival of a large number of tourists and the facilities built to serve tourists. Most of them The Caribbean and Northern Mediterranean regions belong to this stage.

5. Stagnation stage: The number of tourists reaches its peak and reaches the capacity limit. The travel terrain seems to be divorced from the environment, and the travel destination is no longer fashionable. It relies heavily on repeat customers. Departmental rights change frequently, and it develops towards peripheral areas.

6. Decline and revival stages. In the former, the source market reduces investment in the tourism industry in terms of time and quantity. The travel infrastructure is dilapidated and may begin to withdraw, and local investment may replace the withdrawn foreign investment. Investment. For other purposes, the latter: either replacing original attractions with new ones, or developing new natural resources. Many travel destinations in the UK and Northern Europe fall into this category.