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Tourism and earthquakes / edited by C. Michael Hall and Girish Prayag.

Other author/creatorHall, C. Michael, editor.
Other author/creatorPrayag, Girish editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Bristol, UK ; Blue Ridge Summit, PA : Channel View Publications, [2021]
Descriptionxii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Aspects of tourism
Aspects of tourism ; 90. ^A590491
Contents Earthquakes and tourism: Impacts, responses and resilience -- An introduction / C. Michael Hall & Girish Prayag -- The resilience of a tourist destination: Seismic risk perception by tourism operators in Volcano Etna (Italy) / Barbara Martini & Marco Platania -- Crisis Communication System and earthquake preparedness of tourism sector in LDCs: A study on Nepal / Subhajit Das & Premangshu Chakrabarty -- Mitigating Earthquake and Tsunami Risks in Coastal Tourism Sites in Bali / I Nengah Subadra -- It is not just about a Convention Centre: expectations and disillusions from tourism relevant stakeholders in post earthquake Christchurch / Alberto Amore -- Bringing relief to a natural disaster zone through 'being a tourist': the case of the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti / Nigel D. Morpeth -- The Tourism Industry Response in Assisting Resident Evacuees after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes / Atsuko Hashimoto & David J. Telfer -- Handicraft Shopping Tourism After the Jogjakarta Earthquake: Recovery Network, Risk Perceptions and the Implications / Andri N.R. Mardiah and Jon C. Lovett -- Earthquakes, Psychological Resilience and Organizational Resilience: Tourism Entrepreneurs in Kaikōura, New Zealand / Shupin (Echo) Fang, Girish Prayag & Lucie K. Ozanne -- Ghost towns and tourism: L'Aquila, Italy post-earthquake / Daniel Wright -- Conclusion: Earthquakes and Tourism -- An Emerging Research Agenda / Girish Prayag & C. Michael Hall.
Abstract "This book examines the relationship between tourism and earthquakes through all stages of a disaster. It discusses the measures for managing tourism after earthquakes and examines the means to mitigate the impacts of earthquakes. It provides insights into the ethical, commercial and socioeconomic issues facing tourism after a major earthquake"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Tourism and earthquakes Blue Ridge Summit : Channel View Publications, 2020. 9781845417871
LCCN 2020024657
ISBN9781845417857
ISBN1845417852 paperback
ISBN9781845417864 Hardback
ISBN1845417860 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic publication
ISBNKindle Edition

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