International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and Hospitality

International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and Hospitality

http://www.palermo.edu/economicas/cbrs/ijssth.html

Publisher: Center for Business Research and Studies (CBRS), Universidad de Palermo

This journal concentrates and invites especially submissions with a focus and emphasis on narratives of risk, hazard and security issues in the fields of tourism and hospitality. 

Recently the outbreaks of new viruses as Swine Flu or Dengue as well as the multiplication of violence in the world have placed the agenda of Western governments. Many local and international economies were jeopardized by a set of different hazards, natural disasters, financial crises and of course tourism was not an exemption. This journal combines a conjunction of conceptual and empirical-based papers but also contribute to expand the understanding of risk-perception. As a social construe the sense of security refers to our own way to perceive the otherness and our Being-in the world.

Suitable topics include but are not limited to:

* Studies related to comparative cross-cultural perceptions of risk and threat
* Natural and human-caused disasters
* Post-disaster recovery strategies in tourism and hospitality
* Terror movies and tourism
* Aviation safety and security
* Crime and security issues in tourism and hospitality
* Political instability, terrorism and tourism
* Thana-tourism
* War on terror and tourism.
* The effects of global warming on tourism destinations
* Innovative quantitative/qualitative methods for the study of risk and security issues in tourism and hospitality
* Virus outbreaks and tourism Mobility
* Disasters, trauma and tourism
* Apocalyptic theories and tourism as a form of entertainment.

Articles accepted in Spanish and English.

ISSN 2250-5105

Editor-in-Chief:

Maximiliano E. Korstanje 
University of Palermo
Argentina

Email: maxikorstanje@fibertel.com.ar

International Journal of Safety and Security in Tourism and Hospitality is available free of charge as an Open Access journal on the Internet.

Content available in PDF format.

Current Issue: Volume 1 Issue 1 2011

Date: 20 December 2011