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Tourism, Security and Safety
About This Book
The topic of safety and security in the tourism industry is of vital importance globally. In recent years, and mainly after the 9/11 event, both academics and practitioners have started to look into crisis management issues seeking workable solutions in order to mitigate the negative impacts of safety and security incidences on the tourism industry and affected destinations.
Tourism, Safety and Security: a multi dimensional analysis brings together the writings of international leading academics and practitioners in this field to discuss prevention measures and crisis management options, in incidences of tourism safety and security. The layout and content of the book are aimed at analyzing different types of safety and security problems as well as finding managerial strategies and tactics to address them. Divided into four sections this book looks at:
· Tourism and security issues: including the impact of terror in the hotel market in Israel
· Tourism and crime issues: including premises liability, drug trafficking, theft and street robbery
· Tourism and safety Issues: including the impact of SARS in Asia and Foot and Mouth Disease in the UK
· Tourism crisis management issues: including the 9/11 crisis, public relations, and the aftermath of the Bali bombingsEach chapter has a user friendly structure including study objectives, concept definitions and review questions.
Frequently asked questions
1 Toward a Theory of Tourism Security
Learning Objectives
- To understand the process of theory building in the field of tourism security.
- To understand the importance of theory building as part of developing appropriate strategies to control the negative impacts security incidents have on the tourism system.
- To become acquainted with the fundamentals of tourism security theory.
- To become familiar with the nature of security incidents.
- To understand the array of impact security incidents have on tourists, the tourism industry, and the host community.
- To become aware of future research directions needed in order to refine or redefine tourism security theory.
Introduction
- Why incidents of security such as crime, terrorism, wars, riots, and civil unrest exist at tourist destinations;
- What are the motives of the perpetrators/offenders;
- What are the impacts of such incidents on the tourists, the tourism industry, the destination, and the community at large;
- How do the tourism industry, the tourists, the destination, the media, and the community react to the crises caused by such incidents;
- What effective recovery methods can be undertaken by the public and private sectors at the destination;
- What methods of prevention or reduction of such incidents can be used by the destination in order to avoid or minimize the impacts of future security crises?
Tourism and Security: Concepts and Their Respective Variables
- Group A: Concepts relating to the nature of tourism-related security incidents and crises (including types, causes, mode of operation, motives, targets, etc.);
- Group B: Concepts relating to the impacts of security incidents and crises on the tourism industry, the tourists, and host communities;
- Group C: Concepts relating to the short-, medium-, and long-term reactions of all tourism stakeholders to existing and potential security incidents and crises.
A Typology of Tourism Security Concepts and Variables
Group A: The Nature of Tourism-Related Security Incidents and Crises
Types of Security Incidents
- Larceny;
- Theft;
- Robbery;
- Rape;
- Murder;
- Piracy; and
- Kidnapping.
- Domestic terrorism;
- International terrorism; and
- Cross-border terrorism.
- Cross-border wars;
- Trans-border wars;
- Wars of attrition; and
- Civil wars.
- Coup dâĂ©tat;
- Violent demonstrations;
- Uprising; and
- Riots.
Frequency of Security Incidents
- Number of security incidents in a given period of time; and
- Scaled frequency pattern within a given period of time.
Motives and Targets of Security Incidents
- Types of (declared or undeclared) motives;
- Political;
- Religious;
- Social;
- Economic;
- Hostility to tourists;
- Publicity seeking; and
- Destruction of an areaâs economy.
- Types of (declared or undeclared) targets;
- Tourists on the way to and from their travel destinations;
- Tourists vacationing in a given travel destination;
- Tourism and hospitality installations and facilities;
- Strategic and non-strategic transportation facilities serving tourists; and
- Public and private services and businesses also serving tourists.
Severity of Security Incidents
- Extent of overall damage to tourism properties caused by security incidents;
- Extent of damage to private sector tourism properties caused by security incidents;
- Extent of damage to public sector tourism properties caused by security incidents; and
- Extent of damage to life caused by security incidents.
Location
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Prologue
- 1. Toward a Theory of Tourism Security
- Section I: Tourism, Terrorism, and Civil Unrest Issues
- 2. A Social Theory of Terrorism and Tourism
- 3. War, Terror, and the Tourism Market in Israel
- 4. Fiji Islands: Rebuilding Tourism in an Insecure World
- Section II: Tourism and Crime Issues
- 5. The Growth of the Caribbean Narcoeconomy: Implications for Tourism
- 6. Do Incidents of Theft at Tourist Destinations Have a Negative Effect on Tourists' Decisions to Travel to Affected Destinations?
- 7. The Tourist and His Criminal:Patterns in Street Robbery
- Section III: Tourism and Safety Issues
- 8. Recovering from SARS: The Case of Toronto Tourism
- 9. Risk Management for Australian Commercial Adventure Tourism Operations
- 10. The Effect of Disaster on Peripheral Tourism Places and the Disaffection of Prospective Visitors
- 11. Safety and Security Issues Affecting Inbound Tourism in the People's Republic of China
- 12. When Wildlife Encounters Go Wrong: Tourist Safety Issues Associated with Threatening Wildlife
- Section IV: Tourism and Crisis-Management Issues
- 13. Public Relations and Advertising Strategies for Managing Tourist Destination Image Crises
- 14. A Comparative Assessment of Three Southeast Asian Tourism Recovery Campaigns: Singapore Roars: Post SARS 2003, Bali Postâthe October 12, 2002 Bombing, and WOW Philippines 2003
- 15. The Role of Security Information in Tourism Crisis Management: The Missing Link
- 16. Crisis Management and Recovery: How Washington, DC, Hotels Responded to Terrorism
- 17. Hospitality Crisis Management Practices: The Israeli Case
- 18. Tour Operators and Destination Safety
- Summary and Conclusions
- Index