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. 2021 Nov 25;12:759268. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.759268

Table 3.

Six stages of tourism destination life cycle theory and its application.

Sequence number Life cycle
1 Exploration period Natural tourism destination
2 Participation period Basic tourism destination
3 Development period Development tourism destination
4 Consolidation period Popular tourism destination
5 Stagnation period Popular tourism destination
6 Decline and recovery period Decline and recovery period