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Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

By Brent W. Ritchie , Kom Campiranon

Book information

Publisher
CABI
Year
2014
ISBN
178064325X, 9781780643250
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3497557 bytes)
Series
Tourism Management Series
Pages
284\285
Time added
2015-02-15 11:01:07

Description

The Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions and not surprisingly, tourism in this region has become the major driver of global tourism in general. Nonetheless, tourism industries in Asia Pacific have been challenged in recent years by a number of major crises and disasters including terrorism, outbreaks (e.g. SARS and Bird Flu), natural disasters (e.g. tsunamis, bushfires, flooding), and political crisis (e.g. protests and political instability).The aim of this book is to contribute to the understanding of crisis and disaster management generally, but with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific. With chapters contributed by international scholars and practitioners, this book discusses both the theoretical and practical approaches toward successful crisis and disaster management.

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