APPLYING THE BUTLER’S TOURIST AREA LIFE CYCLE MODEL TO CLASSIFY TOURIST DESTINATIONS ON THANHHOA-NGHEAN’S COASTLINE

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The author applied Butler's model of the life cycle of Tourst destinations, score-based measures and visitor satisfaction surveys to classify tourism destinations along 184 km of Thanh Hoa - Nghe An's coastline. The results of a total of 32 tourism destinations were evaluated and classified in this region with 21 sites, during the exploration phase, 9 sites at the involvement stage and only 2 sites, is Sam Son and Cua Lo, reached the development stage. The study also proposed solutions to 21 points in the exploration stage to other stages and 9 points in the phase to participate in the development phase within 5-10 years.