Crisis management in tourism /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Crisis management.; Travel > Safety measures.; Hazardous geographic environments.; Tourism > Management.; Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000); Tourism and Travel.; Crises.; Management.; Tourism.; Tourist industry.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 392 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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With examples drawn from the UK, Europe, the USA, Australia, and Asia, this book brings together a range of expert academic analysis of theory and practice concerning crisis management in tourism. Part I (chapters 2-11) deals with theoretical foundations of crisis management. Part II (chapters 12-17) deals with tourism crises arising from natural causes, while part III (chapters 18-24) deals with tourism crises resulting from human actions. Part IV (chapters 25-26) concludes the book. This book will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in tourism.