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

Ghaderi, Zahed; Som, Ahmad Puad Mat; Henderson, Joan C.

doi:10.1080/10941665.2014.889726

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“…Existing studies have taken a case study approach (e.g. for Chinese outbound tourism, see Jin, Qu, & Bao, 2019), but a global analysis is missing (Ghaderi, Mat Som, & Henderson, 2014;J� onsd� ottir, 2011;Mazzocchi & Montini, 2001;Ruci� nska & Lechowicz, 2014). It is therefore timely to undertake a global study that uses a consistent approach to measuring the impact of disasters on international tourism movements.…”

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The effects of natural disasters on international tourism: A global analysis

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Tourism is shaped by a wide range of factors and forces, including exogenous ones that have no direct link with the tourism sector. Natural disasters and unexpected events are prime examples of such determining factors, as they have profound effects on individuals and society, and as a result have the potential to affect tourism flows considerably. Several theoretical arguments exist why natural disasters and unexpected events could influence tourist destination choices. However, empirical research to confirm the nature and extent of impacts of disasters on tourism is lacking. To address this gap, this paper incorporates a dataset on natural and man-made disaster events into a model of international tourism flows to evaluate the effect of different types of disasters on international arrivals at the national level. Findings provide evidence that the occurrence of different types of event change tourist flows to varying degrees. Although in some cases a positive effect is estimated, in general the impacts are negative, resulting in reduced tourist arrivals following an event. Understanding the relationship between disaster events and tourism is helpful for destination managers who make critical decisions in relation to recovery, reconstruction and marketing.

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“…investigated impacts of the 21 September 1999 earthquake in Taiwan;Yang, Chen, and Wang (2008) andYang, Wang, and Chen (2011) explored effects of Wenchuan earthquake in China Woosnam and Kim (2014). examined impacts of hurricanes in southeastern U.S. on coastal national park visitation;Ghaderi, Mat Som, and Henderson (2015) investigated effects of the Thai Floods of 2011 on its tourism industry.…”

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Impact of unexpected events on inbound tourism demand modeling: evidence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in South Korea

Shi

2016

Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research

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This paper attempts to evaluate how South Korea's inbound tourist arrivals from China have been affected by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak. Using quarterly data, the autoregressive distributed lag model (ADLM) is performed to capture the influence of the MERS outbreak. Estimation results of the general ADLM reveal that the MERS outbreak has a significant adverse impact on the total inbound tourist arrivals from China, as well as on tour arrivals; however, for business, official, and other types of tourist arrivals, its influence is insignificant. Furthermore, the error correction model is estimated to demonstrate the long-run equilibrium and short-run dynamics among the underlying variables. Our analysis not only provides empirical evidence on evaluating the impact of the MERS outbreak on different types of tourism demand, but also identifies main determinants and suggests appropriate model specifications for each type of tourist arrivals.

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“…With a few notable exceptions (e.g. Ghaderi, Mat Som, & Henderson, 2015;Lew, 2014;Lew & Cheer, 2017), tourism scholars have been slow in providing new theoretical perspectives on community resilience or in proposing practical solutions and approaches to post-disaster tourism (an exception being Calgaro, Lloyd, & Dominey-Howes, 2014).…”

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Post-disaster tourism: building resilience through community-led approaches in the aftermath of the 2011 disasters in Japan

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2018

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Post-disaster tourism is often perceived as a form of Dark Tourism associated with death, loss and destruction. In Japan, the term Dark Tourism has gained prominence following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. This paper focuses on a community-led approach to post-disaster tourism development, initiated in the coastal area of Minamisanriku and labelled by the locals Blue Tourism. From its inception Blue Tourism incorporated non-dark activities which concentrated on the beauty of nature, social and environmental sustainability and the development of an enriched tourist experience. Its co-creational ethos helped transform some of the negative narratives of loss associated with Dark Tourism into positive accounts of communal renewal and hope. The paper highlights the limitations of Dark Tourism to post-disaster recovery and contributes new insights to the communitybased tourism literature. We argue that Blue Tourism is not a type of Dark Tourism but a form of resilience which builds around local place-based practices and traditional community knowledge. Consequently, it is capable of achieving sustainable disaster recovery and tourist satisfaction simultaneously.AQ4

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

Cited by 42 publications

References 39 publications

The effects of natural disasters on international tourism: A global analysis

The effects of natural disasters on international tourism: A global analysis

Impact of unexpected events on inbound tourism demand modeling: evidence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in South Korea

Post-disaster tourism: building resilience through community-led approaches in the aftermath of the 2011 disasters in Japan

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