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Security in travel and tourism

Crisis Response Journal

There is growing concern among travel risk management practitioners about how efforts aimed at mitigating Covid-19 related risk are exhausting health and safety management plans, budgets and initiatives. Andy Janes, Security Director at Intertek Cristal r By Andy Janes

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EU Covid vaccination passports  

Crisis Response Journal

Lina Kolesnikova describes the initiative that is taking off this summer in the hopes of increasing travel and boosting tourism and trade

Tourism 169
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$10 Billion Dollar Disaster Recovery in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Disaster Zone Podcast

Both of them were ferocious Category 5 storms that destroyed everything from schools and hospitals to the energy grid and key hotels for the critically important tourism industry. Except in her case the job was – and is – arguably more daunting, five years after back-to-back hits by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

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Recent events affect tourism in France 

Crisis Response Journal

Tourist visitor numbers are down in Paris, following terrorist incidents, flooding (CRJ 12:4) and public strikes, report Rob McAlister and Emily Hough. By Rob McAlister and Emily Hough

Tourism 100
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The Vajont Dam Disaster, Sixty Years On

Emergency Planning

Recently, the site of the disaster has been opened up to tourism, with a visitor centre, guided tours and a protected walkway across the rim of the dam. For better or worse, this is an area in which disaster tourism has come to stay. Marble tablets at the access tunnel to the dam commemorated the loss of life.

Tourism 130
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Book Review: Pandemic Recovery? Reframing and Rescaling Societal Challenges

Recovery Diva

So, too, are discussed the roles of public space and tourism; civil interactions that promote a robust and resilient society. The authors carry this forward in discussing the imperative for leadership in healthcare, higher education, and civil society to rapidly adapt to the changing environment and societal needs and expectations.

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Politico’s Recovery Lab

Recovery Diva

Some of the differences were the result of inherent factors, like the makeup of a state’s economy, including how dependent it is on tourism. We’ve noticed differences in how the pandemic has affected states, but it’s been hard to figure out just how large, and how meaningful, those differences have been.

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