Tourism, Security and Safety From Theory to Practice

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ISBN 13: 978-0-7506-7898-8
ISBN 10: 0-7506-7898-4
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Contents
List of Contributors
ix
Prologue
xiii
Abraham Pizam and Yoel Mansfeld
1. Toward a Theory of Tourism Security
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Abraham Pizam and Yoel Mansfeld
Section I: Tourism, Terrorism, and Civil Unrest Issues
29
Yoel Mansfeld and Abraham Pizam
2. A Social Theory of Terrorism and Tourism
33
Peter E. Tarlow
3. War, Terror, and the Tourism Market in Israel
49
Aliza Fleischer and Steven Buccola
4. Fiji Islands: Rebuilding Tourism in an Insecure World
67
Brian King and Tracy Berno
Section II: Tourism and Crime Issues
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Yoel Mansfeld and Abraham Pizam
5. The Growth of the Caribbean Narcoeconomy:
Implications for Tourism
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Jerome L. McElroy
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6. Do Incidents of Theft at Tourist Destinations 
Have a Negative Effect on Tourists’ Decisions 
to Travel to Affected Destinations?
105
Judy Holcomb and Abraham Pizam
7. The Tourist and His Criminal: Patterns in Street Robbery
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Dee Wood Harper