TOURISM

Tourism

Tourism

Tourism is a major social and economic phenomenon that has characterized the development of societies during the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. In the beginning of 21st century there were several changes that were difficult to adopt by the world. The two most crucial issues among them were the climatic change and increase of terrorist attacks. It has been observed that the climatic change and the increased terrorist attacks have affected the tourists and tourism industry. The events of terrorisms and natural disasters have made tourists in deep thoughts. However, some tourists are daring and fearless and continue their tourism, but majority of them have stop visiting the places where there is threat of climatic or any terrorist attack.

The tourism industry has started its work to overcome the issue, but it seems in vain, because the climatic change and increased tourists attacks has created dilemma (Brayley, Sheldon, 1990, p. 285-288). It would be difficult to control the terrorist attacks, but I could be done with all the efforts of the tourism industry. However, it is impossible to control the natural disasters. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 were the starting of the terrorist's extremism the changed the way people lived. The New York attack was the starting of terrorist attacks. The tourism industry got affected when 202 people killed in the Bali Bomb blast in the tourism district 164 people were from different countries and 38 were Indonesians. It was the terrorist attacks, the 2004 Tsunami was more than the terrorist attack when nature changed the scenario and wipe out vast coastal areas of Asian Countries. These happenings changed the thinking and patterns of tourist. The media coverage and the scenes shown were so miserable that people stop going to these places and the places where there are any threats of terrorism and natural disaster. Tourism requires considerable labor and, above all, maintaining a pool of skilled workers. The tourism sector occupies about 10% of the workforce in the world, not only direct employment but also indirect.

The problem has occurred that people have stopped visiting the places where climatic and terrorist issues are possible and the tourism industry is facing the decline. There are several beautiful and mind relaxing places, but people have stopped visiting these areas. Fear is always the factors that have stopped mankind to perform anything. There are several arguments and debates that influence and motivate the tourists to continue their tour in these areas; however, there are some de motivating factors that do not allow the tourists to take step.

When a natural disaster hit the country or city it loses thousands of visitors per day, which in turn leads to loss of income generated by tourism, in addition to this the tourists who passed the ordeal they carry a bad reference to acquaintances with relation to that destination, because this is the responsibility of local authorities take the necessary measures to counter the effects of the decrease in visitors in that area caused ...