Instability and Tourism

The rise of political instability and terrorism necessitates a reassessment of various tourism policy issues. This book focuses upon evaluating the impact of terrorist political conflicts and other types of instability on the tourism sector and considers the practical implications for countries being adversely affected by these episodes. Over the last decades, tourism has been adversely affected by a wide range of problems such as economic crises, social conflicts, political instability, terrorism and wars. Each of these, and their consequences on tourism, confirms the need to understand more about potential mitigating policy interventions in different contexts. This book includes six chapters exploring a wide range of themes related to instability and tourism using innovative approaches and considering different countries for their research. Precisely, countries such as Turkey, Ukraine, Jordan, Egypt and Nepal are under analysis. The articles published in this special issue were written by authors affiliated with universities in the USA, New Zealand, Spain, Egypt, Jordan and Bulgaria. All selected papers underwent a rigorous double-blind review process before final revision and acceptance.

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.