Tourism and earthquakes /edited by C. Michael Hall and Girish Prayag.
- 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : illustrations.
- Aspects of tourism ; 90 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Earthquakes and tourism: Impacts, responses and resilience -- An introduction / The resilience of a tourist destination: Seismic risk perception by tourism operators in Volcano Etna (Italy) / Crisis Communication System and earthquake preparedness of tourism sector in LDCs: A study on Nepal / Mitigating Earthquake and Tsunami Risks in Coastal Tourism Sites in Bali / It is not just about a Convention Centre: expectations and disillusions from tourism relevant stakeholders in post earthquake Christchurch / Bringing relief to a natural disaster zone through 'being a tourist': the case of the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti / The Tourism Industry Response in Assisting Resident Evacuees after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes / Handicraft Shopping Tourism After the Jogjakarta Earthquake: Recovery Network, Risk Perceptions and the Implications / Earthquakes, Psychological Resilience and Organizational Resilience: Tourism Entrepreneurs in KaikÅura, New Zealand / Ghost towns and tourism: L'Aquila, Italy post-earthquake / Conclusion: Earthquakes and Tourism -- An Emerging Research Agenda / C. Michael Hall and Girish Prayag -- Barbara Martini and Marco Platania -- Subhajit Das and Premangshu Chakrabarty -- I Nengah Subadra -- Alberto Amore -- Nigel D. Morpeth -- Atsuko Hashimoto and David J. Telfer -- Andri N.R. Mardiah and Jon C. Lovett -- Shupin (Echo) Fang, Girish Prayag and Lucie K. Ozanne -- Daniel Wright -- Girish Prayag and C. Michael Hall.
"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"--