Question

Write an article in 150--200
words giving your views on
"Tourism and Terrorist".​

Answer 1

Answer:

The 21st century is one characterized by more connectivity than at any other point in human

history. Advancements in transport and communication over millennia has made human

existence so interconnected and interdependent that it‘s no longer possible to conceive the word

as made up of non-interacting units and systems. Globalization has decimated national

boundaries making the long aspired international community a reality. As such, global travel has

become widespread, both for business and leisure, but so has other activities like terrorism.

Tourism is a major foreign currency earner and a key contributor to the Gross Domestic Product

(GDP) of many nations; it‘s observed that it‘s vibrant in peaceful and politically stable

environments. Terrorism on the other hand, is geared towards creating fear and uncertainty for

social political ends. Inevitably terrorism has big role to play in the success or lack thereof in the key tourism sector...

Tourism and terrorism are two diametrically opposed terms; they cannot exist together,

indeed, they‘re two worlds apart. Tourism connotes living, delight and relaxation whereas

terrorism depicts feelings and images of death, horror and annihilation.

Travel is an integral part

of tourism, tourists move from one location to another to satisfy varied desires. With safety being

a concern for each and every human being, it follows that tourists would rather avoid

destinations that cannot adequately guarantee their safety and security from threats including

terrorism, natural disasters and other man made calamities like war.

Terrorism compared to natural or human made disasters is the most disheartening of all threats of danger for tourists.2

Indeed, many analysts have indicated that terrorism has the most pronounced overall effect on

the tourism and travel industry. Terrorism seeks to create terror and fear in the minds of the

people, this is precisely why it has such an advance effect on tourism as it interferes with one of

the most basic needs of human beings, that of security. According to Abraham Maslow in his

hierarchy of needs, security is a basic need that supersedes that of leisure; accordingly tourism suffers where security cannot be guarenteed.

The effect of terrorism is immediately felt in a country‘s economy more so where tourism

is a major activity. A reduction in the number of visitors to tourist attraction sites has the

inevitable implications revenue and jobs losses for governments and stakeholders in the tourism

industry. It must however be noted that terrorism alone would rarely bring the economy of a

country to its knees more so for the highly diversified economies of the 21st century. While

terrorism may not bring down an entire economy, its effects cannot be assumed especially when

attacks take place in developing and relatively poor countries and tourists come from the

developed and relatively wealthy countries.

There is no universal definition of terrorism which makes it rather difficult to forge a

cohesive and coherent strategy to deal with the problem. Political differences have prevented the

United Nations (UN) from generating a widely recognized and acceptable definition.4

The cause

of this absence of consensus regarding terrorism can be found in the definition adopted by the

Arab Terrorism Convention, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Terrorism Convention of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), they all dismiss armed struggle

for self-determination and liberation as entailing terrorism.

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