Tourism crises & destination recovery / David Beirman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Establishing the theoretical and sectoral context for tourism risk, crisis and recovery with focus on Covid-19 tourism's most challenging crisis -- A contextual approach to tourism risk, crisis, recovery and resilience -- Government and travel industry approaches to tourism crises and recovery -- Unprepared: the global tyranny of Covid-19 -- Part 2: Key themes in tourism risk, crisis and recovery -- Theme 1: Political instability and tourism -- Theme 2: Tourism recovery from terrorism -- Theme 3: Destination recovery from natural disasters -- Theme 4: Health-related tourism crises with emphasis on pandemics -- Theme 5: Crime and tourism -- Theme 6: Economic crises -- Theme 7: Technological risk, crisis, and recovery -- Theme 8: Recovery from internal management, product, and service failures -- Theme 9: Environmental crises and recovery.

As global tourism faces its greatest threat since World War II, the author draws on over 40 years of industry and academic experience to explore the core themes that underpin crises, their impact on the tourism industry and recovery. Focussing on this emerging issue in within the travel industry and academic tourism research, this author explores crisis management approaches from scholars, governments and tourism associations around the world. A dedicated chapter also covers the impact of Covid-19 on tourism industries and economies across the world and well as how nations from around the world responded to the global pandemic outbreak. The book is split by theme and features over 20 case studies, including 2020 Australian bush fires, 2019 Sri Lankan terror attack, SARS and Swine Flu, the collapse of Thomas Cook, the global and Greek financial crises and the threat to the Great Barrier Reef. Discussion questions and activities are included at the end of each chapter. Suitable reading for students on tourism and tourism crisis management modules.