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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Tourist hazards

Tourist hazards

  • Holiday risks

Broader

Travel risks
Unpresentable
Lack of incentives for tourism
Yet to rate

Narrower

Health hazards to tourists
Presentable
Unprotected physical access to dangerous locations
Unpresentable
Terrorism targeted against tourists
Unpresentable
Pickpocketing
Unpresentable
Lack of airport and travel security
Unpresentable
Dysfunctional public utilities
Unpresentable
Unconvivial hotel environments for travellers
Yet to rate
Prohibitive cost of travel documents
Yet to rate
Malpositioned airports
Yet to rate
Drowning
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Ecotourism
Excellent
Tropical diseases
Presentable
Sports accidents
Presentable
Currency black market
Presentable
Air traffic congestion
Presentable
Abuse of tourism for sexual purposes
Presentable
Absence of coordinated customs services
Unpresentable
Internationally non-cooperative governments
Yet to rate
Inappropriate clothing
Yet to rate
Foreign exchange restrictions
Yet to rate

Related

Natural environmental degradation from recreation and tourism
Excellent
Degradation of countries by tourism
Excellent
Social environmental degradation from recreation and tourism
Presentable
Instability in tourist dependent economies
Presentable

Strategy

Internationalizing global tourism
Yet to rate

Value

Risk
Yet to rate
Hazard
Yet to rate

Reference

World Health Organization: International Travel and Health: vaccination requirements and health advice

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Content quality
Unpresentable
 Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
E8966
DOCID
11589660
D7NID
137433
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/tourist-hazards
Last update
Oct 4, 2020