The Tourism Area Life Cycle in Kim Yujeong Literary Village, Korea

Abstract

The application of Butler's tourism area life cycle model to the Korean literary village and hyper-destination of Kim Yujeong yields a basic pattern of conformity, although the staggered and overlapping sequencing of indicators suggests the presence of successive exploration, involvement, and development “tendencies” rather than stages. Apparent contradictions between very high guest-to-host ratios and contact and relatively low levels of resident dissatisfaction and attraction change reflect the topophilia of both residents and visitors and, more speculatively, the influence of a homogeneous cultural context.

Keywords:

• South Korea
• literary village
• tourism area life cycle
• topophilia
• destination management
• hyper-destination