Transcript DOXEY’S “IRRIDEX” - PHS GEOGRAPHY

DOXEY’S “IRRIDEX”
 direct
link between increased
community irritation & continual
tourism development
EUPHORIA
Initial phase of development, visitors &
investors welcome, little planning or control
mechanism - exploration
APATHY
Visitors taken for granted, contacts
between residents & outsiders more formal
(commercial), planning concerned mostly
with marketing
ANNOYANCE
Saturation points approached, “hosts” have
misgivings about tourism, policy makers
attempt solutions via increasing
infrastructure (rather than limiting
growth) - critical on butlers curve
ANTAGONISM
Irritations openly expressed, visitors seen
as cause of all problems, planning now
remedial but promotion increased to offset
deteriorating reputation of destination