Safety and Security in

Tourism Industry
Presented
by..:-
Soaib Ahmed khan
 INTRODUCTION
 The importance of tourism is undeniable, it is
basically service based industry, including
services of a number of industries like, food,
catering, hotel etc.
 It helps in circulating money world wide, this
industry is also an economic basis for a number
of countries.
 Beside it some negative phenomenon's like
terrorism hurts the flourishing of tourism
industry, whether it may related to nicest place
 What Is Tourism
• Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or
business purposes.

• W TO “defines tourists as people who "travel

to another place and stay in places as their
usual environment for more than (24) hours
and not more than one year for leisure,
business and other purposes not related to the
exercise of an activity remunerated from
within the place visited.
 Concept of Tourism
 Pleasure Holiday
 Going or arriving somewhere.
 Arises from Motivation which forces
people to leave their normal place of
residence and work for short term.
 Temporarily movement to visit other
Places.
 Concerned with Consuming of Goods &
Services.
 Use the recourses of tourist destination.
 Safety and Security in the Tourism
Industry
• Safety and security are vital to providing
quality in tourism.
• A tourism destination depends on being able
to provide a safe and secure environment
for visitors.
• It provides needed services and a positive
image of the community.
• It provides a standard of good living that
spills over into the officer's relationship
 Travel advice by country
India
• Travel Summary
• Safety and security
• Local laws and customs
• Entry requirements
• Health, Natural disasters, General
 Travel Summary
 There is a high threat from terrorism throughout
India. Recent attacks have targeted public places
including those visited by foreigners.
 India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are co-hosting the
Cricket World Cup from 19 February - 2 April 2011.
 Anyone on a tourist visa leaving India cannot return
within two months, unless they meet specific
conditions.
 Register with us on LOCATE before you arrive in
India.
Traveler should take out comprehensive travel and
medical insurance before travelling.
 Safety and security
Terrorists have targeted places public places such as
restaurants, hotels, railway stations, markets, and places of
worship.
Safety and Security - Terrorism
Safety and Security - Crime
Safety and Security - Local Travel

Safety and Security -Air Travel

Safety and Security - Sea Travel

Safety and Security - Political Situation

Safety and Security -Rail Travel

What is
terrorism?
 TERRORISM
 “The systematic use of terror (such as
bombings, killings, and kidnappings)
 As a means of forcing some political objective.
 it many be part of an overall effort to effect
desired political change.”
 unlawful use of force or violence against
persons or property to intimidate or coerce a
government
MOTIVES OF TERRORISTS
• There are a number of motives of terrorists
• Damage Infrastructure
• Disrupt Normal Life
• Direct Kill of an Enemy
Undermine Confidence In Government
Requires Media Coverage
To kill as many people as possible
Destruction on any place must contains any motive,
hene motive analysis helps in preventing destruction
in future due to same motive.
Attributes deciding safety &security
level
• Safety and security in tourism is a
multidimensional aspect or study,
• By studying these aspects security and safety
can be decided.
• It determines, requirement, extant,
upgradation,revision,
• There some major attributes.

TIME LOCATION VICTIMS

 TIME
o specific duration,
o relation with an specific intention confects
o Any devastating happening at a time period.

LOCATION
o major part
o tourism hotspots specially at worldwide international level,
o Location wise analysis helps to prevent devastation
o prove itself as a transformational safety issue.

VICTIMS
o future affected of destination
o an analysis of victims and their root place.
o By which determination about forecasting future
demand of that place.
 Tourism vs. Terrorism
• Terrorism is a phenomenon
Tourism is totally devoted to
related to destructive aiming relaxation and leisure.
while on the other hand
• Terrorism affects tourism
in long lasting way after
happening of incident from
both cultural and
economical sides.
• When any destination
receives terroristic incident
it also lost an opportunity
to spread essence of its
culture world wide beside
economic loss.
 EFFECT ON
TOURISM DEMAND
The extant of tourism demand affected can be
analyzed after analyzing dates obtained after
observing decline in demand.

On the basis of which remedial means can be

invented to control damage.
With safety point of view by updating safety and
security policies according to incidental
situation, trust of tourists can be regained.
 VARIOUS IMPACTS OF
TERRORISM ON TOURISM
o Effect of terrorism on business travel,
organization, cancellation of all events.
o Hospitality sector affects by terroristic incidents,
they lose number of their present as well as future
customers.
o International Leisure Travel also affects by an
immediate negative effect, by cancellations, travel
operators, deliver harm destination places.
o Domestic leisure travel –Tourism business, family
travel, short trips,
 In the last two years terrorist attacks in
India,
On 19 September 2010, two
Taiwanese tourists were
injured in a shooting
incident near the Jamal
Masjid mosque in New
Delhi. 

On 17 April 2010, two bombs

exploded at a cricket stadium
in Bangalore, Karnataka,
where an IPL match was
being played. 17 were
injured.
MUMBAI, India 26 November 2008 to 29 November 2008 -
Coordinated series of attacks, killing at least 172.Indian
commandos took control of the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, the
last nest of terrorist resistance, on Saturday morning, after a
lengthy assault that left three terrorists dead and sections of the
hotel in flames,
On 21 October 2008, a bomb
exploded in Imphal, Manipur
killing 17 people and injuring
many others

September 11 attacks, often

referred to as September 11th or
9/11 (pronounced as "nine
eleven"), were a series of
coordinated suicide attacks by
al-Qaeda upon the United States
on September 11, 2001. On that
morning.
India Travel Advisory 2010
 CONCLUSIO
N
• As we know tourism is among largest industries of
the world and it is also related to leisure
interchanging cultural
• But there is people having destructive thinking
and against creativity always trying to make
destruction in this industry.
• Huge lose of economy of affected region, and a
number of other bad effects.
• By updating our safety and security policies we
can prevent such bad happenings to a great
extant.
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• www.fco.gov.uk/travel-advice-by-country
• "Damages for Hudson over pictures". BBC News.
• ezinearticle.com
• www.greenworld.verbiside.org
• www.rourismreview.co.in
• www.terrorreador.com
• Samuel A. Abady; Harvey Silverglate (2006-11-
07). "' tourism' and the War on Terror". Boston
Globe. Retrieved 2008-04-