Abstract

The tourism industry is one of the most important industries in the world since it employs more than 250 million people worldwide Coshall 2003 p 4 This industry which includes transport lodging and catering is expected to generate 12 119 billion of revenues and 279 346 000 jobs in 2016 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2006 The tourism industry worldwide is also expected to indirectly and directly contribute 10 9 to Gross Domestic Product Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2006 However the tourism industry is an extremely sensitive and vulnerable activity which can be impacted by important events such as terrorism political insecurity and natural disasters Coshall 2003