TOURISM CRISIS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC

• Other Authors: Ritchie, Brent W. (Editor), Campiranon, Kom (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire CABI 2015
• Series: CABI Series in Tourism Management Reasearch
• Subjects: Tourism > Asia; Tourism > Pacific Area; Emergency management > Asia; Emergency management > Pacific Area
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• Physical Description: xvi, 268 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781780643250; 178064325X

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 theoretical and practical approaches toward successful crisis and disaster management