Planners attempt to control by increasing infrastructure rather than limiting growthAntagonism Open expression of irritation and planning is remedial, but promotion is increased to compensate for deteriorating reputation of the destinationDoxey (1975) and Mason (2003, p22) It is argued that the greater the number of tourists and the development of tourism, the greater the emergence of hostility from local residents. In a recent study (Allen, Long, Perdue, & Kieselbach, 1988), it was argued that low to moderate tourism development would be perceived as beneficial to local residents, but their perceptions quickly became negative as development increased . Another scholar, Fridgen (1991), also stated that residents began to have negative stereotypes about tourism and its development in the defined antagonism phase. Doxey's Irridex was mostly conjecture since individuals' perceptions and attitudes could change in all directions from time to time. Consequently, the sequential irritation index should not be interpreted as deterministic and