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List of contents
1. Instability and tourism María Santana Gallego and ShiNa Li 2. Political instability and tourism in Egypt: exploring survivors’ attitudes after downsizing Ibrahim A. Elshaer and Samar K. Saad 3. Addressing travel writers’ role as risk brokers: the case of Jordan Suleiman A. D. Farajat, Bingjie Liu and Lori Pennington-Gray 4. Political instability and trade union practices in Nepalese hotels Sandeep Basnyat, Brent Lovelock and Neil Carr 5. Evaluating the dynamics and impact of terrorist attacks on tourism and economic growth for Turkey Julio A. Afonso-Rodríguez 6. Travel advisories – destabilising diplomacy in disguise Aman Deep and Charles Samuel Johnston 7. Impacts of political instability on the tourism industry in Ukraine Stanislav Ivanov, Margarita Gavrilina, Craig Webster and Vladyslav Ralko
About the author
María Santana-Gallego, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Applied Economics Department at the University of the Balearic Islands, Spain. Her research interests include international economics and tourism economics. She has published in journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Tourism Management, World Economy and Economic Modelling.
ShiNa Li, PhD, is Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China and a Visiting Professor at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her research interests include tourism economics, sustainable development, tourism geography, events and tourism in China. She has published in journals such as Annals of Tourism Research, Journal of Travel Research, and Tourism Management.
Summary
This book focuses upon evaluating the impact of terrorism political conflicts and other types of instability on the tourism sector and considers the practical implications for countries of being adversely affected by these episodes. The chapters originally published in a special issue in the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure & Events.
