An edition of Tourism Crises (2006)
Tourism Crises
Causes, Consequences and Management (The Management of Hospitality and Tourism Enterprises)
By Joan C Henderson
Publish Date
October 20, 2006
Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Language
eng
Pages
200
Description:
Tourism Crises... tackles the following areas: Political disturbance: the relationship between politics and tourism and political inspired tourism crises. · Social unrest: host-guest relations and tourists as targets of unrest · Economic instability: crises arising from fluctuating exchange rates and lack of investor confidence · Environmental conditions: natural disasters and health crises · Technological crises; transport accidents and crises arising from technical failure · Corporate crises. Human resource issues and questions of finance . Approaches to managing crises will be assessed and appropriate tools and techniques of crisis management are explored, enabling readers to gain an insight into this critical aspect of tourism decision making and equipping them with the skills and expertise necessary to deal with crisis conditions.