Tourism, Security and Safety: From Theory to Practice (The Management of Hospitality and Tourism Enterprises) 0750678984, 9780750678988, 9780080458335

The topic of safety and security in the tourism industry is of vital importance globally. In recent years, and mainly af

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Table of contents :
front cover......Page 1
copyright......Page 5
table of contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Prologue......Page 14
1 Toward a Theory of Tourism Security......Page 16
I Tourism, Terrorism, and Civil Unrest Issues......Page 44
2 A Social Theory of Terrorism and Tourism......Page 48
3 War, Terror, and the Tourism Market in Israel......Page 64
4 Fiji Islands: Rebuilding Tourism in an Insecure World......Page 82
II Tourism and Crime Issues......Page 98
5 The Growth of the Caribbean Narcoeconomy: Implications for Tourism......Page 102
6 Do Incidents of Theft at Tourist Destinations Have a Negative Effect on Tourists' Decisions to Travel to Affected Destinations?......Page 120
7 TheTourist and His Criminal: Patterns in Street Robbery......Page 140
III Tourism and Safety Issues......Page 154
8 Recovering from SARS: The Case of Toronto Tourism......Page 158
9 Risk Management for Australian Commercial Adventure Tourism Operations......Page 168
10 The Effect of Disaster on Peripheral Tourism Places and the Disaffection of Prospective Visitors......Page 184
11 Safety and Security Issues Affecting Inbound Tourism in the PeopleÌs Republic of China......Page 202
12 When Wildlife Encounters Go Wrong: Tourist Safety Issues Associated with Threatening Wildlife......Page 224
IV Tourism and Crisis-Management Issues......Page 244
13 Public Relations and Advertising Strategies for Managing Tourist Destination Image Crises......Page 248
14 A Comparative Assessment of Three Southeast Asian Tourism Recovery Campaigns: Singapore Roars: Post SARS 2003, Bali Post - the October 12, 2002 Bombing, and WOW Philippines 2003......Page 266
15 The Role of Security Information in Tourism Crisis Management: The Missing Link......Page 286
16 Crisis Management and Recovery: How Washington, DC, Hotels Responded to Terrorism......Page 306
17 Hospitality Crisis Management Practices: The Israeli Case......Page 328
18 Tour Operators and Destination Safety......Page 350
Summary and Conclusions......Page 368
index......Page 370

Tourism, Security and Safety: From Theory to Practice (The Management of Hospitality and Tourism Enterprises)
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