ABSTRACT
Climate change, terrorist attacks and natural disasters are all potentially devastating for tourist destinations. Some of the climate change impacts that are projected to increase over the next 50-100 years include more frequent severe weather events (for example, hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons), the increased risk of bush fi re in some areas of the world, brought on by reduced rainfall, and conversely, the increased risk of fl ooding in other areas (IPCC 2007). Terrorist attacks such as 9/11, the Bali bombings and the attacks in London on 7/7 are rare, but nonetheless cause signifi cant and long lasting problems. Finally, natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes, while not necessarily more common than previously, have the potential to damage or destroy ever-growing towns, cities and infrastructure around the world.
