Some Terrorism Basics
| Crime
| Terrorism
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Goal
| Usually economic or social gain
| To gain publicity and sometimes
sympathy for a cause.
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Usual type of victim
| Person may be known to the perpetrator or selected because he/she may yield economic gain
| Killing is a random act and appears to be more in line with a stochastic model.
Numbers may or may not be important
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Defenses in use
| Often reactive, reports taken
| Some pro-active devices such as radar
detectors
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Political ideology
| Usually none
| Robin Hood model
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Publicity
| Usually local and rarely makes the
international news
| Almost always is broadcast around the
world
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Most common forms
in tourism industry
are:
| Crimes of distraction
Robbery
Sexual Assault
| Domestic terrorism
International terrorism
Bombings
Potential for biochemical warfare
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Statistical accuracy
| Often very low, in many cases the
travel and tourism industry does
everything possible to hide the
information
| Almost impossible to hide. Numbers
are reported with great accuracy and
repeated often
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Length of negative
effects on the local
tourism industry
| In most cases, it is short term
| In most cases, it is long term unless
replaced by new positive image
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Recovery strategies
| • New marketing plans, assumes
short-term memory of traveling public.
• Probability ideals: “Odds are it will
not happen to you.”
• Hide information as best as one can
| Showing of compassion
• Need to admit the situation and
Demonstrate control
• Higher levels of observed security
• Highly trained (in tourism, terrorism, and customer service) security personnel
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