Open AccessRecent Developments in Alpine Tourism: A Life Cycle Approach
Author(s) -
John Tuppen
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
turyzm/tourism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2080-6922
pISSN - 0867-5856
DOI - 10.18778/0867-5856.12.2.09
Subject(s) - tourism , maturity (psychological) , variety (cybernetics) , product (mathematics) , intervention (counseling) , order (exchange) , new product development , product lifecycle , geography , business , regional science , marketing , environmental resource management , computer science , political science , environmental science , psychology , archaeology , finance , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , geometry , mathematics , law
The article presents recent trends in the tourist economy in the Alpine region. With reference to the development cycle of the tourist product, proposed by Butler, the author claims that the Alpine tourist centres have already reached the maturity stage. Their further development requires active intervention in order to refresh the tourist product. Further in the article, a variety of tourist development strategies have been presented, which might improve the poor condition of many tourist centres in the region under discussion.