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“TOURISM out to thousands of tourism realities that tourism professionals need terrorist attack in
TIDBITS” professionals at a very to consider. Among these are: raises traveler anxie
FROM low rate. For information -Tourism is often a magnet for terrorists. world. Due to the fa
TOURISM & contact Dr. Peter Tarlow at Not only does tourism provide now a worldwide ph
MORE, Inc. <ptarlow@tourismandmore. many “weak targets: but tourism values in any one location
com> are the antithesis of terrorists’ values. are not only increasi
_________________________ Furthermore the tourism industry is these attacks may ca
_________ to large and diverse that it provides to travel or to travel
multiple targets for those seeking to the entire industry.
TOURISM & MORE’S create economic chaos.
Think of unlikely sc
“TOURISM TIDBITS” - The fear factor combined with do not only need to
January 2016 terrorism’s unpredictability, may well they can create a
impact world tourism and the world’s means of cyber attac
THE GOAL of “Tourism Tidbits” Terrorism’s Aggressive and economy. Terrorists to do not need simply creating rum
Passive War on Tourism to carry out a successful attack, they within the traveling
is to provide travel professionals with merely need to create a sense of fear. media interconne
a monthly, easy-to-read overview Although business people will continue spreads at extremel
of creative ideas. With proper The multiple recent terrorist attacks in to travel, the leisure passenger may well can cause fear and ca
referencing, we invite you to quote or diverse places such as London, England; pull back. People well may become afraid at a particular locale
reproduce “Tourism Tidbits” and to pass Istanbul, Turkey; San Bernardino, not only to travel to major tourism centers
it along to a friend. California; Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, such as London and Paris, but also to less Here are a fe
and Tel Aviv, Israel along with the famous or popular destinations. tourism professio
“Tourism Tidbits” is published monthly major tourism threats in places such prepared.
in English and Spanish, and as Ankara, Brussels and Munich and -Despite the publicity and the
Portuguese. Maria José Zorilla de New York, ought to be a warning to the media, statistically terrorism still -Tourism profes
Alcalá of Mexico provides the tourism industry that it is entering into strikes relatively few people and even obtain their new
Spanish translation; Dr. Manuel David a new and dangerous age. In the past, fewer tourists. The death of anyone is sources. Terrorism
Masseno, of Beja, Portugal, provides the most tourism centers assumed that tragic, but a visitor is more likely to die especially in sma
Portuguese translation/ either they would not be targets of a from a road accident of a safety hazard essential that the to
__________________________________ terrorism attack or that the attack would then from an act of terrorism. On the have a wide gamu
be against a highly specific and well- other hand, it is rare for the media and that he or sh
From known target. Classically it was assumed to spend a great deal of time on road personal political fe
The Tourism & More Team, that we could almost predict which accidents. Tourism centers need to hard news and fact
Best Wishes for a Happy and Healthy areas would be most prone to terrorism develop good media plans and have them the tourism indust
2016. attacks. The prevailing paradigm argued in reserve so that if an incident should become politicized,
May it be a Successful and Peaceful Year! that terrorists were most likely to strike occur they are not developing a plan at for them to destroy th
__________________________________ locations that were high on the following the last minute.
scales: -Have a tourism-ter
Social Media · They were centers where a great -Attacks against non-tourist place. This task for
Connect with us at twitter through @ deal of economic damage would occur. specific locations still act as passive not only tourism s
ptarlow. We are also starting a facebook · T h e y w e r e c e n t e r s c o u l d attacks on tourism. Terrorism is based law enforcement,
page and invite you to become a Tourism generate mass casualties on fear and the greater the public personnel, media sp
& More Friend. · They were places that had fears being away from home, the more and restaurateur
some form of iconic significance precarious is the tourism industry’s specialists and pr
See our new Youtube on “Security for · They were places that were most situation. Terrorists do not need to community politica
Special Events and the World Cup” at likely to be covered by the media. target a tourism industry actively to do essential that there
http://youtu.be/e_32zTUwCLs it damage, a passive attack or a failed, but between the teem m
Scholars and security specialists based publicized attack is still a success from your ability to work
An online video course on travel this paradigm on attacks such as those the terrorists’ perspective. better a crisis can be h
safety when going abroad in New York, London, and Madrid. The
security and tourism industries however -Terrorism is no longer confined to -Create new ways fo
A practical “how to” guide for getting the did not consider locations such as in major tourism centers. The California insights and info
most out of traveling while staying safe. the Middle East as being relevant to terrorism incident demonstrates that appearing to be big
_________________________ tourism. Both the multiple incidents in terrorism can occur in what may have years have shown to
Europe and the United States creates previously been considered unlikely not only culturally sen
Please visit our new website. The enough anomalies to cause tourism locales. This means that areas that were that stress cultural s
website is now capable of scholars and practitioners to question considered “safe” need to also develop is the antithesis of x
accepting advertising. Get your message if the former paradigm does not need counter terrorism plans. industry strives to
revisions and updating. Tourism Tidbits as an individual an
presents this month some of the new -Due to high levels of publicity a ethnicity, race, or r