The Effects of Terrorism on Tourism and the Media's Role
Crimes, terrorism, civil unrest and war have caused serious damage to the tourism industries of afflicted destinations and in some cases totally decimated a whole industry. A turbulent security environment, caused by wars, coups d'etat, civil wars and terrorist attacks, has already demonstrated its negative impact on tourism development in many countries around the world (Taylor & Quayle, 1994). As part of this growing body of tourism literature, this chapter examines the media's role and tourist destination image in general. Moreover, the primary survey carried out to discover the perceptions and attitudes of international visitors while visiting the DMZ and its vicinity and how they perceived safety in the DMZ area. The survey were 151 international tourists to the DMZ area, reveal that respondents had reasonably positive perceptions of the DMZ area.