Business, Economics & Law

Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

by Brent W Ritchie, Kom Campiranon

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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 has 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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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher CAB International
  • Publication Date September 2019
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781786395450 / 1786395452
  • Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 45 GBP
  • ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Copyright Year2019
  • SeriesCABI Series in Tourism Management Research
  • Reference Code4859

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