Tourism security: Strategies for effectively managing travel risk and safety [book review]
Document Type
Book Review
Publisher
Emerald
School
School of Business and Law
RAS ID
28415
Abstract
Insecurity would seem to have become the new normal evidenced by the surge in terror-related activity in 2015. The hyper sensationalized Paris attacks eclipsing the speculated downing of a civilian aircraft in Sinai by terrorists just two weeks prior, the accidental killing of Mexican tourists by Egyptian security forces two months earlier, the deadly bombing of Bangkok’s Erawan Shrine three months before it, and a string of adverse events following the Charlie Hebdo shooting at the beginning of the year. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (2015a), safety and security remains a global concern compounded by a highly volatile economic climate buffeted by lower oil prices and currency fluctuations, all adversely impacting on tourism demand...
Additional Information
Tourism Security: Strategies for Effectively Managing Travel Risk and Safety. Peter E. Tarlow. 2014. Waltham, MA, Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-12-411570-5
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Ogle, A. W. (2015). [Review of the book Tourism security: Strategies for effectively managing travel risk and safety, by Peter E. Tarlow]. Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research, 3(2), 138-140. Available here