The Tsunami and Tourism: A Comment

Sharpley, Richard

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“…Plausibly, this peak could be driven by changes in social mood, on the premise that the latter is affected by natural disasters, as established by Frijda (1994). Furthermore, the tourism literature provides evidence of the effect of natural disasters on decreasing inbound tourist flows in destination countries (Sharpley, 2005) and that natural disasters create hesitancy in travelling (Wang, 2009). Here, once again, we observe that a traditional pull factor may also affect outbound tourist flows dramatically.…”

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Sentiment, mood and outbound tourism demand

Dragouni

Filis

Gavriilidis

et al. 2016

Annals of Tourism Research

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We investigate spillover effects from sentiment and mood shocks on US outbound tourism demand from 1996 until 2013. We use the Index of Consumer Sentiment and Economic Policy Uncertainty Index as proxies for sentiment and the S&P500 as a proxy for mood. We find a moderate to high interrelationship among sentiment, mood and outbound tourism demand. More importantly, sentiment and mood indicators are net transmitters of spillover shocks to outbound tourism demand. The magnitude of spillover effects sourced by sentiment and mood is time-varying and depends on certain socio-economic and environmental events. Our results have important implications for policymakers and travel agents in their efforts to predict tourism arrivals from key origin countries and to plan their tourism strategy.

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Sentiment, mood and outbound tourism demand

Dragouni

Filis

Gavriilidis

et al. 2016

Annals of Tourism Research

114

110

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“…These disasters can be of great magnitude and are exemplified by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which devastated many coastal destinations in India, Indonesia, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand (Ghaderi, Mat Som, & Henderson 2012;Kelman, Spence, Palmer, Petal, & Saito 2008;Sharpley, 2005). In addition to the massive loss of life and physical damage, the tsunami inspired lingering fear and uncertainty among tourists and tourism businesses (Gurtner, 2007;Rittichainuwat, 2013).…”

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When Disaster Strikes: The Thai Floods of 2011 and Tourism Industry Response and Resilience

Ghaderi

Som

Henderson

2014

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

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The paper investigates the effects of the floods which covered parts of Thailand in 2011. It discusses the responses of the public and private sectors and evaluates levels of resilience, making particular reference to the opinions of a group of stakeholders in the capital of Bangkok. The findings from primary and secondary data indicate that the immediate impacts of the disaster were severe, but recovery was rapid and the industry demonstrated a high degree of resilience. Consequences for organisations depended on their proximity to the flooded areas and the size and nature of the business. Shortcomings were revealed in the official approach to disaster management within a tourism context and the lack of a learning culture was observed among private enterprises. Responses were primarily of an ad hoc character and it is suggested that more proactive planning is undertaken and a comprehensive and inclusive tourism disaster management plan is established.

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“…Tourism literature has debated and discussed the impacts of tourism upon destinations through various events not aimed directly at tourism but having a direct and negative Current Issues in Tourism 563 consequence on visitor flows. These have included incidents related to civil unrest (Gartner & Shen, 1992), acts or threats of terrorism (Coshall, 2003), natural disasters (Sharpley, 2005), crime and the deterioration of law and order (Levantis & Gani, 2000), health scares and epidemics (Pine & McKercher, 2004) and political unrest (Soemodinoto, Wong, & Saleh, 2001). These are all connected to image perceptions of the destination resulting in visitor decline and therefore contingent to the level of attention, influence and creditability the sources of information are having on the decision maker.…”

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Get out of jail! Locked up and detained abroad – when tourists become prisoners

McCartney¹

2013

Current Issues in Tourism

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The number of foreigners getting arrested, detained or imprisoned each year is increasing. This can occur at instances throughout the journey from airport, to hotel to local tourist hotspots. The tourist can become both the victim of a crime or the instigator, with either one leading to detention. Arrest and imprisonment can occur out of a wilful criminal act or cultural insensitivity to local culture, norms and rules. Often the tourist is unprepared and can find themselves within a traumatic and incomprehensible experience compounded by several dimensions such as isolation, limited access, poor diet and unawareness of what is happening due to foreign languages, cultures and regulations. As an unwanted product, the travel and hospitality industry rarely informs travellers of possible imprisonment and the consequences of such; the marketing aim is to put the most positivist spin on the travel experience. Within this reluctance to inform travellers, the provision of information and assistance on traveller detention has been assigned chiefly to government agencies and related non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The article discusses expanding the industry's response. Recommendations of greater collaboration with government and being more responsible to their guests and customers by enhancing communication of the issue throughout the travel process are given.

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The Tsunami and Tourism: A Comment

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Cited by 68 publications

References 2 publications

Sentiment, mood and outbound tourism demand

Sentiment, mood and outbound tourism demand

When Disaster Strikes: The Thai Floods of 2011 and Tourism Industry Response and Resilience

Get out of jail! Locked up and detained abroad – when tourists become prisoners

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