Some Terrorism Basics

	Crime	Terrorism
Goal	Usually economic or social gain	To gain publicity and sometimes sympathy for a cause.
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
Defenses in use	Often reactive, reports taken	Some pro-active devices such as radar detectors
Political ideology	Usually none	Robin Hood model
Publicity	Usually local and rarely makes the international news	Almost always is broadcast around the world
Most common forms in tourism industry are:	Crimes of distraction Robbery Sexual Assault	Domestic terrorism International terrorism Bombings Potential for biochemical warfare
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
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
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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