Hospitality & Tourism

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Problem statement The aim of the research is to reject or accept the statement that `tourism has been negatively impacted by a rise in terrorism related incidents in US . This will be the problem statement of the research and the whole research will revolve around this subject

Literature review

Apart from taking precious lives and maiming hundreds of people the menace of terrorism has also negatively impacted the global tourism industry as well . The tourism industry which was flourishing at a very rapid pace prior to 9 /11

, witnessed a dramatic decline in its profitability after the terrorist attacks of 9 /11

Not only has the tourism industry been affected indirectly by the horrific events of 9 /11 but it has also faced direct attacks on its business because of attacks on foreign tourists in countries like Spain Turkey , and India

Unfortunately , U .S has not been spared by the fallouts of terrorism on tourism industries all over the world . Large hotel chains and lodges which served foreign tourists witnessed a decline in their profitability and turnover after 2002 . The main reason was that the people in general and the foreign tourist in particular not to visit places which were frequently visited by tourists previously because of a fear of a terrorist attack This new tendency of foreign tourists , of preferring to stay away from visiting US , had a very appalling impact on the whole tourism industry Moreover , from the government 's perspective any negative impact on...