Special track 3 – Terrorism and tourism

(http://www.atlas-euro.org/event_2015_lisbon/tabid/239/language/en-US/Default.aspx#track3)

 

A Special Conference Track at the

Risk in Travel and Tourism: geographies, behaviours and strategies

October 20 - 23, 2015, Lisbon, Portugal

 

 

Special track 3 – Terrorism and tourism | Convener: Cândida Cadavez, Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril ([log in to unmask])

Thinking back of the 80s and 90s, one can easily remember some different situations in which tourists were victims of terrorism – 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, 1988 Lockerbie bombing, or 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games bombing.

In the new millennium the industry of tourism has been forced to deal with other situations, whose global impact and awareness have made them impossible to be forgotten by all players as iconic heritage in tourism destination is also at stake, as happened in 2001 with the Bamiyan Statues in Afghanistan or with the Twin Towers, in New York, in 2002 at the Dubrovka Theater, in Russia, or in March 2015 at the Bardo Museum, in Tunis.

This track welcomes papers that discuss precisely how the tourism activity is being affected by regional or national social/political conflicts that end up messing with a sector which is globally recognized as a tool for the promotion of peace and understanding, as stated by the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to the following:

• How destinations deal with (global) security threats;
• How far security threats interefere (or not) with the promotion of the destination; how destinations represent/re-design themselves;
• How the decision-making process is influenced by past terrorist threats to destinations;
• How the targetted places and/or icons are recycled;
• How stakeholders handle the label of “unsecured” destination/attraction;
• How WTO, the European Union and other entities deal with terrorist threats in tourism destinations.

All abstracts will be subject to double-blind review by members of the scientific committee. Acceptance of a submission will be based on theoretical and empirical significance; methodological soundness; relevance to the theme of the conference and logical clarity. The official language of the conference is English. Abstracts should be submitted via the ATLAS website using the abstract form provided.

Abstracts should indicate that they are intended for the Terrorism and tourism Special Track, and include the background, theoretical/practical implications, methods and/or data sources and indicative findings of the paper. Abstracts should have between 350-500 words. The title should be no more than 12 words. Authors should also indicate which conference topic their proposed paper relates to.

The deadline for submitting abstracts to May 1^st 2015

 

 

For more information please visit the conference website at

http://www.atlas-euro.org/event_2015_lisbon/tabid/239/language/en-US/Default.aspx

 

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