Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific

2014-11-21 Business & Economics

Author : Brent W Ritchie
Release : 2014-11-21
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific written by Brent W Ritchie. This book was released on 2014-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asia-Pacific area is one of the fastest growing tourism regions and a major driver of global tourism in general. Tourism industries in Asia Pacific have 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). This book contributes to the understanding of crisis and disaster management generally, but with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific. With contributions by international scholars and practitioners, the book discusses both the theoretical and practical approaches toward successful crisis and disaster management.

Crisis and Disaster Management for Tourism

2009-05-22 Business & Economics

Author : Brent W. Ritchie
Release : 2009-05-22
Genre : Business & Economics
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Download or read book Crisis and Disaster Management for Tourism written by Brent W. Ritchie. This book was released on 2009-05-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism destinations and businesses are becoming increasingly prone to the impacts of crises and disasters due to global environmental change and security risks. This is the first research based book that provides a strategic approach to understanding the nature of tourism crises and disasters before outlining tourism crisis and disaster planning, response, and longer term recovery and knowledge management strategies. It applies a wide range of theoretical perspectives and concepts to improve our understanding of both organisational crises and natural disasters. The book draws on examples from around the world including the USA, Europe, UK, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. It will be essential reading for tourism academics and students as well as tourism managers and government officials involved in tourism destination management and marketing.

Tourism Risk Management for the Asia Pacific Region

2004 Tourism

Author : Jeff Wilks
Release : 2004
Genre : Tourism
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Download or read book Tourism Risk Management for the Asia Pacific Region written by Jeff Wilks. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governments, industry representative groups and individual businesses are all seeking to develop improved management of risks so that potential crises can be avoided. This AICST report offers a broad coverage of risks related to tourism in the Asia Pacific region and strategic approaches to managing these risks. A comprehensive list of websites is provided on a separate CD-ROM [NOT AVAILABLE WITH PDF PURCHASE] recognising that this medium changes daily and the current list is only a sample of the material available on the Internet. This publication is also available for free download at www.crctourism.com.au

Disaster Relief in the Asia Pacific

2014-01-03 Social Science

Author : Minako Sakai
Release : 2014-01-03
Genre : Social Science
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Download or read book Disaster Relief in the Asia Pacific written by Minako Sakai. This book was released on 2014-01-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A UN report recently found that the Asia Pacific is the world’s most disaster-prone region. Indeed, considering that the region accounts for more than half of the total number of disasters in the world, building capacity and resilience to mitigate the devastating impact of disasters is a pressing task for local actors. This book takes a regional, multidisciplinary and multi-actor approach to improve understandings of how various actors respond to natural and human-induced disasters in the Asia-Pacific region. It examines the ideas and activities of four different categories of agents: civil society; military and state institutions; local cultural knowledge and the media; and economic initiatives, and these themes are approached from various academic disciplines, ranging from anthropology and cultural studies to economics, human geography and political science. The contributors draw their findings from a variety of countries in the region, including China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar and Samoa, and importantly, focus on the interconnection between vulnerability and resilience. In turn, the book highlights how the nature and magnitude of disasters are influenced by social conditions, and aims to contribute to policies that prioritize development opportunities to enhance resilience. Further, it explores the complicated and multifaceted role of agency in building resilience, and presents a comparative framework for analysis and key findings from the Asia-Pacific region. The focus of this book on recent and ongoing disasters makes it a topical and timely contribution to the growing field of disaster management, and as such it will appeal to students and scholars of environmental studies, development studies and Asian politics.

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