HPED 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Developing Country, O. J. Simpson
9 Feb 2020
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Tourism and terrorism: terrorism - the unlawful use of -- or threatened use of -- force or violence against individuals or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives. Is it safe to travel, and fear of terrorism spike on google search following terrorist attacks. Risk in travel: monetary may be a waste of money, functional may not meet my needs, physical may cause harm to me, social may perceive low status, psychological may result in lower self-esteem/scar. Terrorism in travel: global forces on travel, safety strongest predictor of travel, reputational disasters secondary impact i. e. gulf war or tsunami, developing nations to be less likely to publish statistics/data. Risk of terrorism: from 1968 to 2003, 14,857 transnational terrorist attacks averaging about 1 death per incident, relative to 11. 3 billion international arrivals in the same time.
