Class Notes and Reviewer of Tourism Theories

Tourism Theories
THM5202: TOURISM READINGS 2. DOXEY IRRITATION INDEX

1. PLOG’S MODEL OF PERSONALITY-BASED
PSYCHOGRAPHIC TRAITS IN TOURISM




- ​based on the understanding of local
residents’ attitude change toward tourists
and tourism development in different
1. Allocentric ​- individuals who believes
stages of a destination’s life cycle
that what happens to them is under their
- its 4 stages of euphoria, apathy, irritation
control
and antagonism explain the deteriorating
2. Psychocentric ​- individuals who believe
responses of the local residents to
that what happens to them is beyond their
tourism development.
control
3. Mid-centrics ​- has a balanced
1st stage (Euphoria)
combination of both psychographic traits
- ​the number of tourists is small and the
local community welcomes tourism
FLOW OF PLOG’S MODEL
2nd Stage (Apathy)
- the number of tourists increases, and the
relationship between tourists and
residents becomes formalized

3rd Stage (Irritation)
- the phase when the residents become
concerned about tourism due to
significant growth of arrivals and
increasing competition for resources

4th Stage (Antagonism)
- tourists becomes responsible for
everything bad that has happened in the
host community