Description
Book SynopsisThe tourism industry has evolved and maturated over the recent years. Today, tourism is not only a leading industry but also a consolidated commercial activity worldwide. Unfortunately, the turn of the century has accelerated a number of global risks, placing the tourism industry in jeopardy. Scholars adopted an economics-based paradigm, which has focused on the commercial nature of tourism as a benefactor of local economies, while terrorists are depicted as the enemies of democracy. This begs the question: are tourists cultural ambassadors of their respective societies?
Tourism, Terrorism and Security explores the current limitations of specialized literature to frame an all-encompassing understanding of tourism and security today. The main thesis of this book explores the idea that while tourists are workers who need to validate their political institutions through the articulation of leisure practices, terrorists are natives from the societies they hate. Terrorism has imposed a climate of mistrust, whereby tourists are targeted and killed to impose a political message.
This book explores the semantics of this message.
Tourism, Terrorism and Security is a must-read for students and scholars of tourism, hospitality, security, and cultural studies.
Table of ContentsPreface;
Peter Tarlow Foreword: Tourism Security and Dark Tourism Today;
Hugues Seraphin and Maximiliano Korstanje Chapter 1. Tourism Security: A Critical Insight;
Maximiliano Korstanje Chapter 2. Over-Tourism: A Merry-Go-Round of Security Issues;
Hugues Seraphin Chapter 3. Sensitivity Analysis of the Colombian Tourism Market: Natural National Parks in a Context of Armed Conflict;
Cesar A. Oliveros, Rosa Maria Chavez,and Myrna Leticia Bravo Chapter 4. The Territory as an Object of Tourism Safety: Global Practice and the Case of Russia;
Oleg Afanasiev, Alexadra Afanasieva, Mikhail Sarancha and Matvey S. Oborin Chapter 5. Safety, Fear, Risk and Terrorism in the Context of Religious Tourism;
Maximiliano Korstanje and Babu George Chapter 6. Making Sense of Dark Tourism: Typologies, Motivations, and Future Development of Theory;
Victoria Mitchell, Tony Henthorne and Babu George Chapter 7. The Interface Between Dark Tourism and Terrorism in Africa: The Case of Kenya and St Helena;
Lwazi Apleni, Jacqueline Mangwane, Petrus M. Maphanga and Unathi S. Henama Chapter 8. The Dark Tourist: Consuming Dark Spaces in the Periphery.
Maximiliano Korstanje Chapter 9. Tourists: Duty of Care;
Peter Cyril Chapter 10. Tourism and Terrorism: Terrorists’ Threats to Commercial Aviation Safety and Security;
David Mc.A Baker
