Impact of Terrorism in Hospitality and Tourism

Running Head: IMPACT OF TERRORISM IN HOSPIATLITY AND TOURISM
IMPACT OF TERRORISM IN HOSPIATLITY AND TOURISM
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Executive Summary
The impact of any terror activities around the globe has the potential to generate threats
that might have adverse effects for the hospitality and tourism activities around the world. With
the growing rise in terror activities the nations have initiated various military and security
operations to address the potential threats. This has created an atmosphere of animosity and
panic among the populace of various nations. The nations badly affected by the terrorist
activities have taken measures and policies which have negatively affected the hospitality and
tourism industry. The numerous terrorist incidents that occurred in the past decade were either
attempted at tourists or to hamper the tourist attraction of a place. The paper will look into the
social and economic impacts of the terrorism in the hospitality industry and propose a draft to
mitigate the key issues to the stakeholders of the industry.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary.............................................................................................................2
Introduction..........................................................................................................................4
Overview of the incident.....................................................................................................4
Recommendation of the policy draft...................................................................................5
Overview of the tourism and hospitality activity:...........................................................5
Critical Analysis of Identified legal and regulatory concerns.........................................5
Policy Objectives.............................................................................................................6
Stake holders involved.....................................................................................................6
Validation statement............................................................................................................7
References............................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The most prominent threat that terrorism creates is the installation of fear in the minds of
the mass, which creates the detrimental impact in the socioeconomic spheres. The recent cases of
terror activities across the globe reveals that tourists are a soft yet effective target that can create
a potential impact due to the terror activities. The effect on tourists and the general mass can
incite social, political, cultural or socioeconomic resentment providing a greater mileage to the
elements of non state actors (Paraskevas 2013). The hospitality and tourism being
interconnected, the affect one alters the conditions of the other. This report will analyse the
Ariana Grande Concert terrorist attack and its impact on the relevant hospitality industry. A
recommendation will be attempted after the analysis of the same.
Overview of the incident
The Manchester Suicide bombing incident occurred on the 22nd of May, 2017 when a
terrorist detonated an improvised explosive in the foyer of the Manchester Arena, an indoor
facility located in the heart of the city. The arena was packed with people who had come to a
music concert performed by Ariana Grande. The incident took place after the concert was over
and people were leaving the Arena (Hunt 2018). It was reported that twenty three people were
killed in the incident and around 139 were wounded when the suicide bomber took off. The
terror act was later claimed by the extremist terror organisation ISIS. The identity of the bomber
was later revealed as Salman Ramadan Abedi, a local youth belonging from Libyan origin. The
act was greatly condemned worldwide and security measures were tightened. The British
government initiated Operation Temperer which led to the raising of the terror threat level from