Revisiting the destination lifecycle model

By G. R. Hovinen. 2002

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Tourism development in small islands across the world (2003, background): “…authors continue to view the lifecycle model as a useful, descriptive and analytic framework for understanding the general processes and patterns of tourist development (Hovinen, 2002), not only for individual destinations but also at the more macro level as a regional model of tourist evolution.”
Small island tourist economies across the life cycle (2006, background): “Despite these limitations, Butler’s theory remains the most-quoted framework for describing the general pattern of tourism development (Hovinen, 2002).”
A Model of Strategic Evaluation of a Tourism Destination Based on Internal and Relational Capabilities (2008, background): “Finally, one question established the life cycle stage (Butler 1980; Hovinen 2002; Russell and Faulkner 2004) of the destination.”
Critical Success Factors in Destination Marketing (2008, background): “Hovinen ’ s analysis identifi ed that destinations have the potential to experience significant decline if appropriate planning and management decisions are not made, and thus highlights the need for proactive, strategic destination marketing planning ( Hovinen, 2002 ).”