Tourism and terrorism : a hotel industry perspective / Joan C. Henderson...[et al.]

• Main Authors: Henderson, Joan C., Shufen, Chew, Huifen, Lee, Xiang, Lee Ling
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Hotel and Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Puncak Alam Campus 2010
• Subjects: Travel and the state. Tourism
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19434/7/AJ_JOAN%20C%20HENDERSON%20JTHCA%20B%2010.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19434/; https://www.jthca.org/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

The paper examines the consequences of terrorism for tourism with particular reference to the hotel industry and the case of Singapore. Terrorist activity is shown to have adverse impacts for destinations where it occurs and hotels to be attractive targets for attacks. The risks are recognised and...