TY - THES AU - de Soet, Jeannine T1 - Lifecycle of new zoological Attractions DA - 2006 CY - Chur PB - Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft HTW Chur A3 - Scherrieb, Heinz Rico AB - The individual diploma thesis «Lifecycle of new zoological Attractions» approaches the topic in five chapters. The first chapter provides an insight into the zoo’s role as a cultural institution. Therefore, the thesis starts with an overview of the zoo’s history of origin and its current role within society. Furthermore, present animadversion on zoos is described and commented. Chapter two focuses on the zoo as a leisure attraction and describes the zoo’s significance as part of the leisure industry. Economical and touristic aspects are further central points in this section. The third chapter refers to the theory of lifecycles. This part includes the basic theory of lifecycles as well as theory of attraction specific and bookkeeping related lifecycles. Chapter four investigates the lifecycle of new zoological attractions based on the fluctuations in visitor numbers. From the analysis of this data, a conclusion is drawn in chapter five. This conclusion includes findings concerning the impact of new attractions on visitor numbers and the duration of these impacts. M3 - Diplomarbeit Tourismus M4 - Citavi ER -