Terrorism terrorizing Tourism case study Nairobi(Kenya)

Abstract

When terrorism terrorizes tourism industry, it leads to a global phenomenon as tourists often have international background. Countries which depend on tourism as one of its backbone economically could face economic and infrastructural difficulties as a result of sustained and repeated terrorist campaigns, and this is the case which Kenya is facing today in its tourism industry. The review of literature and thereafter analyzing statistical data suggest that tourism industry is resilient and vulnerable especially when a society and its people encounter other culture and ideas such as terrorism. Incident such as the Nairobi West gate Shopping mall terrorist attack implies that a society could simply loose its value and importance and hence counter measures and policies need to be put in place to help a destination regain its image other than that it can create fear among tourist and damage the idyllic image of Nairobi and Kenya as a whole. Since terrorism has an international phenomenon, solutions towards it thus need global cooperation.

When terrorism terrorizes tourism industry, it leads to a global phenomenon as tourists often have international background. Countries which depend on tourism as one of its backbone economically could face economic and infrastructural difficulties as a result of sustained and repeated terrorist campaigns, and this is the case which Kenya is facing today in its tourism industry. The review of literature and thereafter analyzing statistical data suggest that tourism industry is resilient and vulnerable especially when a society and its people encounter other culture and ideas such as terrorism. Incident such as the Nairobi West gate Shopping mall terrorist attack implies that a society could simply loose its value and importance and hence counter measures and policies need to be put in place to help a destination regain its image other than that it can create fear among tourist and damage the idyllic image of Nairobi and Kenya as a whole. Since terrorism has an international phenomenon, solutions towards it thus need global cooperation.