Terrorism and Tourism: Kenyaas Resilient Tourism Industry Survival Strategies

Terrorism and Tourism: Kenyaas Resilient Tourism Industry Survival Strategies

Francis Kabii

Contact

University of Nairobi

Terrorism and Tourism: Kenyaas Resilient Tourism Industry Survival Strategies

Article Fingerprint

ReserarchID

XBVGF

Terrorism and Tourism: Kenyaas Resilient Tourism Industry Survival Strategies Banner

AI TAKEAWAY

Connecting with the Eternal Ground

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the impact of terrorism incidences on hotels in Kenya and the survival strategies used by the destination. The study hypothesized that there was no significant relationship between the respondent’s work experience and their opinion on the effect of terror attacks. It also hypothesized that there was no significant difference between the respondent’s gender and their emotional reactions to a terror attack. Qualitative data was collected through interviews while quantitative data was collected using researcher administered questionnaires. A total of 200 questionnaires were distributed from which 138 were successfully completed. The study noted that although there was a weak positive correlation between respondents work experience, and opinions on the effect of the terror attacks to their business this relationship was insignificant at p=0.05 (r=0.04, p=0.273) meaning work experience had little influence. Likewise, 41% of male strongly agreed that they were traumatized as they continued with their duties as compared to 51% of female respondents. The finding indicated that gender did not influence their feelings (U=1923, P=0.37). Majority of the respondents 64% agreed that it had taken more time to achieve short-term goals while a 64% of them strongly agreed that it had taken longer time than anticipated for the hotel to achieve short and mediumterm goals.

References

53 Cites in Article

Reference Format

Marco Alderighi,Alessandro Cento (2004). European airlines conduct after September 11.
Ala Al-Hamarneh,Christian Steiner (2004). Islamic Tourism: Rethinking the Strategies of Tourism Development in the Arab World After September 11, 2001.
Aziz (1995). Understanding attacks on a tourist in Egypt.
Raphael Bar-On (1996). Databank: Definitions and Classifications.
Mickael Beaud,Thierry Blayac,Maïté Stéphan (2016). The impact of travel time variability and travelers’ risk attitudes on the values of time and reliability.
P Brunt,R Mawby,Z Hambly (2000). Tourists victimization and the fear of crime on holiday.
Jack Carlsen (2006). Post-Tsunami Tourism Strategies for the Maldives.
Nicole Cohen,Clive Brown,Francisco Alvarado-Ramy,Heather Bair-Brake,Gabrielle Benenson,Tai-Ho Chen,Andrew Demma,N Holton,Katrin Kohl,Amanda Lee,David Mcadam,Nicki Pesik,Shahrokh Roohi,C Smith,Stephen Waterman,Martin Cetron (2016). Travel and Border Health Measures to Prevent the International Spread of Ebola.
Nicolette De Sausmarez (2004). Malaysia's Response to the Asian Financial Crisis.
L Eric,Bruce (2005). Management responses and Theoretical Insight.
Fleur Fallon (2004). After the Lombok Riots, Is Sustainable Tourism Achievable?.
M Floyd,H Gibson,, Pennington-Gray (2004). The effect of risk perception on intention to travel in the aftermath of September 11 2001.
R George (2010). Visitor perceptions of crimesafety and attitudes towards risk: The case of Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town.
Richard George,Irma Booyens (2014). Township Tourism Demand: Tourists’ Perceptions of Safety and Security.
J Goldstone,R Bates,D Epstein,T Gurr,M Lustik,M Marshall,. Goodrich,J (2002). September 11 attack on America. A record of the immediate impact and reaction in the USA Travel and Tourism Industry.
(2013). Islamic Republic of Mauritania : Financial Sector Development Strategy and Action Plan 2013-2017.
C Hall,Dallen Timothy,David Duval (2003). Security and Tourism.
G Hall (2002). Travel Safety, Terrorism and the Media: The Significance of the Issue-Attention Cycle.
Joan Henderson (2003). Terrorism and Tourism.
Alice Hills (2006). Trojan horses? <scp>usaid</scp> , counter-terrorism and Africa's police.
M Hitchcock (2001). tourism and total crises in Indonesia: The case of Bali.
Yoel Mansfeld,Abraham Pizam (2006). Tourism and Crime Issues.
Dimitri Ioannides,Yiorgos Apostolopoulos (1999). Political Instability, War, and Tourism in Cyprus: Effects, Management, and Prospects for Recovery.
Aviad Israeli,Arie Reichel (2003). Hospitality crisis management practices: the Israeli case.
Larry Johnson (2001). The Future of Terrorism.
Brent Lovelock (2003). New Zealand Travel Agent Practice in the Provision of Advice for Travel to Risky Destinations.
J Manfeld (1999). Cycles of War, Terror, and Peace: Determinants and Management of Crisis and Recovery of the Israeli Tourism Industry.
Y Mansfeld (1999). Cycles of war, terror, and peace: Determinants and management of crisis and recovery of the Israeli tourism industry.
Bob Mckercher,Edith Hui (2003). Terrorism, Economic Uncertainty and Outbound Travel from Hong Kong.
K Miller (2002). Shock of recovery Newsweek.
P Miller (2002). Theories of developmental psychology.
Reuven Glick,Michael Hutchison (1993). Currency Crises.
A Mohammad (2014). Managing Demand for Hotel Establishments during Downturn Times and their Impact on Hotel Revenues: A Case Study of Cairo Hotels.
Miriam Muthoka (2014). EFFECTS OF STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT DRIVERS ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN THE TOURISM SECTOR IN KENYA.
P Mwakio (2014). Kenya's Airport Unsafe, Warns The US.
M Nuttal,H Seggighi,A Theocharoui (2001). Does cultural background of tourist influence destination choice?.
Kefa Otiso (2009). Africa in the Crosshairs of Global Terrorism—The Case of Kenya up to the COVID-19 Era.
Alexandros Paraskevas,Beverley Arendell (2007). A strategic framework for terrorism prevention and mitigation in tourism destinations.
A Paraskevas,B Arendell (2007). A strategic framework for terrorism prevention and mitigation in tourism destinations.
Abraham Pizam (1999). A Comprehensive Approach to Classifying Acts of Crime and Violence at Tourism Destinations.
Brent Ritchie,Humphrey Dorrell,Daniela Miller,Graham Miller (2004). Crisis Communication and Recovery for the Tourism Industry.
B Sanga (2014). Lamu hotels closing down, laying off workers after months of violence.
B Sanga (2014). Terror alerts bite as 20 hotels closes down at the coast.
H Seddighi,A Theocharous (2002). A model of tourism destination choice: a theoretical and empirical analysis.
H Seddighi,M Nuttall,A Theocharous (2001). Does cultural background of tourists influence the destination choice? an empirical study with special reference to political instability.
G Shaw,A William (2002). Critical Issues in Tourism: A geographical perspective.
S Sonmez (1998). Tourism terrorism and political instability.
Sevil Sönmez,Yiorgos Apostolopoulos,Peter Tarlow (1999). Tourism in Crisis: Managing the Effects of Terrorism.
A Tasci,M Kozak (2006). Destination brands vs destination images: Do we know what we mean?.
P Tate (2002). Report of Tourist Travel to the Caribbean for 1975. Caribbean Tourism Association, 20 East 46th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017. September 1976. Unpaged. $5.
B Thampa (2004). Tourism in Nepal.
M Woodward (2010). A global model for forecasting political instability.
W Young,R Montogomery (1998). Crises management and its impact on destination marketing.

Download References

Funding

No external funding was declared for this work.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

No ethics committee approval was required for this article type.

Data Availability

Not applicable for this article.

How to Cite This Article

Francis Kabii. 2018. \u201cTerrorism and Tourism: Kenyaas Resilient Tourism Industry Survival Strategies\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - H: Interdisciplinary GJHSS-H Volume 18 (GJHSS Volume 18 Issue H3): .

More Citation Formats

Select Citation Style:

Download Citation

Download Article

GJHSS Volume 18 Issue H3
Pg. 15- 26

Explore Journals Explore Volume Read This Issue

Journal Specifications

Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

e-ISSN 2249-460X

Keywords

Not Found

Classification

GJHSS-H Classification: FOR Code: 140216

Submission ReceivedDecember 8, 2017
Peer Review Double Blind
Handling Editor
Accepted January 2, 2018
Published January 15, 2018

Version of record

v1.2

Issue date

May 7, 2018

Language

Experiance in AR

Explore published articles in an immersive Augmented Reality environment. Our platform converts research papers into interactive 3D books, allowing readers to view and interact with content using AR and VR compatible devices.

View in VR

Read in 3D

Your published article is automatically converted into a realistic 3D book. Flip through pages and read research papers in a more engaging and interactive format.

View in 3D

Article Matrices

Total Score: 101

Country: Kenya

Subject: Global Journal of Human-Social Science - H: Interdisciplinary

Authors: Francis Kabii (PhD/Dr. count: 0)

View Count (all-time): 162

Total Views (Real + Logic): 3210

Total Downloads (simulated): 1546

Publish Date: 2018 05, Mon

Monthly Totals (Real + Logic):

Month 1: 59 views
Month 2: 15 views
Month 3: 38 views
Month 4: 48 views
Month 5: 35 views
Month 6: 38 views
Month 7: 34 views
Month 8: 25 views
Month 9: 26 views
Month 10: 39 views
Month 11: 54 views
Month 12: 21 views
Month 13: 29 views
Month 14: 27 views
Month 15: 24 views
Month 16: 27 views
Month 17: 33 views
Month 18: 26 views
Month 19: 23 views
Month 20: 35 views
Month 21: 15 views
Month 22: 30 views
Month 23: 40 views
Month 24: 21 views
Month 25: 16 views
Month 26: 35 views
Month 27: 38 views
Month 28: 23 views
Month 29: 27 views
Month 30: 29 views
Month 31: 27 views
Month 32: 23 views
Month 33: 48 views
Month 34: 38 views
Month 35: 30 views
Month 36: 31 views
Month 37: 26 views
Month 38: 29 views
Month 39: 35 views
Month 40: 39 views
Month 41: 45 views
Month 42: 29 views
Month 43: 23 views
Month 44: 32 views
Month 45: 30 views
Month 46: 42 views
Month 47: 34 views
Month 48: 35 views
Month 49: 33 views
Month 50: 39 views
Month 51: 23 views
Month 52: 36 views
Month 53: 28 views
Month 54: 32 views
Month 55: 18 views
Month 56: 24 views
Month 57: 28 views
Month 58: 28 views
Month 59: 41 views
Month 60: 26 views
Month 61: 18 views
Month 62: 14 views
Month 63: 45 views
Month 64: 20 views
Month 65: 24 views
Month 66: 46 views
Month 67: 23 views
Month 68: 31 views
Month 69: 23 views
Month 70: 22 views
Month 71: 28 views
Month 72: 12 views
Month 73: 17 views
Month 74: 41 views
Month 75: 29 views
Month 76: 37 views
Month 77: 41 views
Month 78: 29 views
Month 79: 15 views
Month 80: 22 views
Month 81: 33 views
Month 82: 28 views
Month 83: 32 views
Month 84: 28 views
Month 85: 28 views
Month 86: 24 views
Month 87: 18 views
Month 88: 40 views
Month 89: 50 views
Month 90: 65 views
Month 91: 59 views
Month 92: 56 views
Month 93: 56 views
Month 94: 49 views
Month 95: 50 views
Month 96: 45 views

Total Views: 3210

Total Downloads: 1546

2026 Trends

Published Article

Our website is actively being updated, and changes may occur frequently. Please clear your browser cache if needed. For feedback or error reporting, please email [email protected]