Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific, Paperback / softback Book

Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific Paperback / softback

Edited by Brent (University of Queensland, Australia) Ritchie, Kom (Thammasat University, Thailand) Campiranon

Part of the CABI Series in Tourism Management Research series

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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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