TOURISM AND TERRORISM

Tourism and Terrorism



The Global effects on tourism of September 11th attacks

On September 11th 2001 there was a series of coordinated terrorist suicide attacks. Two United States airliners were hijacked and intentionally crashed into the World Trade Centre building in New York by terrorists acting under the command of the al-Qaeda terrorist group killing 2,972 people, 19 of those terrorists the rest civilians.

This has been the most influential act of terrorism affecting the travel and tourist industry in the 21st century is definetly the September the 11 attacks. However these attacks weren't targeted specifically at the tourist ...