Geography Related Items
on the September 11, 2001 Airline Terrorist Attacks
Alan
A. Lew, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University
| IV. TRAVEL, TOURISM and ECONOMY |
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We shall pay any price, bear any burden, oppose any
foe, to ensure the survival of liberty.
- J.F. Kennedy, 1964, on America's sacrifices needed to fight
the Cold War -
People will need to stand longer in airport lines.
- G.W. Bush, 2001, on America's sacrifices needed to fight
the War on Terrorism -
See President Bush in a
TV Advertisement promoting travel and tourism (in RealAudio format)
Related to this, hear Daniel Shore's commentary
on Patriotism
from National Public Radio (in RealAudio format)
and Ask Not What
. . . by Thomas Friedman, international affairs
commentator for The New York Times
NEWS CLIPPINGS - these sites regularly send out emails with current
news from the travel and tourism industry - 9-11 related items have been re-posted
at the links below.
Tourism Highlights -
Selected short news items (thought there are still a lot of them!) from around
the world compiled by Canadian Tourism Commission
Asia Travel Tips - mostly
airline-related
Travel Weekly Daily Bulletin
- their website is TWcrossroads.com
Several WTTC and TRB press releases
on the economic impacts of Sept 11, including:
- Decrease in tourism demand signals the loss of millions of jobs worldwide
- Impact on the US travel and tourism industry
Impacts of the terrorist attack from
PATA - Pacific Asia Travel Association
European
Airlines in Crisis - CNN story - see more stories from their Travel
Section which contains other articles, as well
National Public Radio
tourism and travel-related new reports - Real Audio required to listen
Some titles: Patriotism ; Flight for Freedom ; Florida Budget
; Tourist Taxes ; Fall Foliage ; Tourism Slump ; The Capitol ; Tighter Security
Air
Travel - NPR link to text and audio stories on the airline industry
since Sept. 11, 2001 - including news items from various outlets.
Visitor Arrivals to Thailand
in September & October 2001 - from the Tourism Authority of Thailand
Many
Once-Thriving Cities Are Suddenly Hurting by Mary Williams Walsh - September
30, 2001 - New York Times on the Web (www.nytimes.com)
- also viewable here - This is an
article on Economy.com's rating of the cities that are likely to suffer the
greatest economic impact following the terrorist attack. Among the most affected:
Las Vegas, Honolulu, Reno and San Francisco
Transportation
Industry in Dire Straits The transportation industry
says that it will take a major hit until consumers regain confidence in air
travel. Sep 19 -- Richmond Times-Dispatch
Ecotourism decline jeopardizes conservation
efforts (following Sept. 11, 2001) - from The Ecotourism Observer,
a publication of The International Ecotourism Society - also includes a commentary
by the TIES president
World Tourism Organization
- The Measurement of the Economic Impacts of Tourism in the Wake of 11 September
2001: Some Comments
Reconstructing
the Buddha - The start of an effort to recreate the colossal Buddha
statues that were destroyed by the Taliban government in the Valley of Bamiyan
in Afghanistan in March 2001.
Destinations & Crisis Management
- a discussion on the Trinet email discussion list
Impact of September 11 tragedy
on Pakistani tourism industry - from the Ecotourism Society of Pakistan
Global
understanding in troubled times by Megan Epler Wood of The International
Ecotourism Society in the Ecotourism Observer
Tourism,
Terrorism and Tomorrow - publication from the Worldwatch Institute
(US$5) - website also contains a 1 hour press breifing about tourism and terrorism.
Click here for additional information
about this book.
Cruise
Industry Upheavel Affecting V.I. (Virgin Islands) St. Thomas Source
- Dec 20, 2001
Tourists to the Rescue of a
Wounded City - Janny Scott - NYTimes - Using events to rebuilt New york
City's tourism industry. (March 24, 2002)
Not the Best of Times, but Manhattan
Hotels See Encouraging Signs - Jayson Blair - NYTimes - Despite dire
predictions after the World Trade Center attack, the frenzied atmosphere at
many hotels in Manhattan is giving hope to those in the industry. (March 28.
2002)
U.S. Issues Warning on Possible Easter Attack
for 4 Italian Cities - Melinda Henneberger - NYTimes - Americans in
four Italian cities could be pinpointed by terrorists on Easter Sunday, according
to an unusually specific warning issued by U.S. officials. (March 28. 2002)
Tourism Tidbits - a hospitality
security consulting company's newsletter:
- Tourism Meets Terrorism: A paradigm shift (toward traveler security;
Oct. 5, 2001)
- Updating Tourism's fight for survival (recommendation for the travel
industry)
Travel Impact Newswire - Imtiaz Muqbil, Executive Editor, in Bangkok
DRI-WEFA
- a consulting firm that publishes economic and industry trends and forecasts
on its website; many describe the impact of Sept. 11, 2001 on the global and
US economies
Tourism industry-related teports (both are in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format
and take a bit of time to open):
- US
Exposure to Tourism - regional impacts in the US following Sept 11, 2001
- Global
Tourism Quarterly - global forecasts following Sept 11, 2001
Yesawich, Pepperdine
and Brown is another consulting company which has some data available
online, including Business and Leisure Travel Intention Surveys of Americans.
