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Author : Sue Beeton
School/Work Place : La Trobe University, Australia
Contact : s.beeton@latrobe.edu.au
Year : 2005

Disasters at tourism destinations often receive extensive reporting in the news media, particularly when one or more of their own nationals are affected. From terrorism to natural disasters, the stories of tourists and, more recently, their local hosts, are fodder for Western news services. As major tourism generating regions, the effect of such reports on travelers from Western societies has a significant impact on tourism in many destinations. While the scope of the influence of the media on tourism visitation is a contested issue, it is generally accepted that the so-called “news” media has significant influence, not only on individual visitors but also on the vexed issue of government sponsored travel warnings.


List of Articles
No. Subject Views Date
3 Think Tank VIII Tourism Acting as a Factor of Integration: The Case of... file 2154 Oct 13, 2013

Over the past years, reports over brutal, racist attacks in the former eastern states of Germany have filled the headlines of German and international media again and again. Tourism authorities in these states have complained that these att...

Author: Dagmar Lund-Durlacher 

Year: 2008 

2 Think Tank V Framing Tourist Risk in UK Press Accounts of Hurricane... file 4876 Oct 13, 2013

This paper examines the coverage of Hurricane Ivan in the Caribbean published in selected leading UK newspapers in September 2004. Quantitative textual analysis have been utilised in this study to determine the main sources of information on...

Author: Marcella Daye 

Year: 2005 

» Think Tank V Reflecting or Directing Perceptions? Fox Media’s Respo... file 11915 Oct 13, 2013

Disasters at tourism destinations often receive extensive reporting in the news media, particularly when one or more of their own nationals are affected. From terrorism to natural disasters, the stories of tourists and, more recently, their ...

Author: Sue Beeton 

Year: 2005 

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