Risk and safety challenges for religious tourism and events
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Travellers today face many challenges from risk and safety issues. Focusing in particular on risk and safety issues faced by visitors to holy sites, this book looks at the unique challenges raised, where annual religious festivals are commemorated with mass gatherings lasting for days and large crowds require detailed disaster management plans. Beginning with a general section on risk management, covering areas such as disaster management, terrorism, crime and security, the book then delves deeper into specific issues and challenges. It reviews important topics such as understanding the behaviour of crowds, how to perform a risk assessment for a sacred space, and travelling in what some would regard as an increasingly hostile world.
Examining critically all risk and safety challenges in this area of management, the book:
– Includes a full section of global case studies, as well as discussion questions for each chapter, encouraging readers to translate theory into good practice.
– Offers critical thinking on risk, vulnerability and long-term development for mass gatherings.
– Covers the importance of disaster management practices and offers practical advice for ensuring attendees’ safety.
Mitigating risk at mass gathering events and festivals is an area that still needs further research, but this book brings together current thought and provides a valuable reference for those studying religion, tourism and events, as well as event organizers, emergency and hospital services, and local authorities.
Travellers today face many challenges from risk and safety issues. Focusing in particular on risk and safety issues faced by visitors to holy sites, this book looks at the unique challenges raised, where annual religious festivals are commemorated with mass gatherings lasting for days and large crowds require detailed disaster management plans. Beginning with a general section on risk management, covering areas such as disaster management, terrorism, crime and security, the book then delves deeper into specific issues and challenges. It reviews important topics such as understanding the behaviour of crowds, how to perform a risk assessment for a sacred space, and travelling in what some would regard as an increasingly hostile world.
Examining critically all risk and safety challenges in this area of management, the book:
– Includes a full section of global case studies, as well as discussion questions for each chapter, encouraging readers to translate theory into good practice.
– Offers critical thinking on risk, vulnerability and long-term development for mass gatherings.
– Covers the importance of disaster management practices and offers practical advice for ensuring attendees’ safety.
Mitigating risk at mass gathering events and festivals is an area that still needs further research, but this book brings together current thought and provides a valuable reference for those studying religion, tourism and events, as well as event organizers, emergency and hospital services, and local authorities.
About Author
Dr Razaq Raj is Principal Lecturer in the Leeds Business School. His research interests include community events, outdoor events, economic impacts, religious tourism, cultural festivals and sustainable tourism, cultural diversity in events management and international tourism. Dr Razaq Raj is the author of the textbooks Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management: An International Perspective, Event Management: An integrated and practical approach and Event Management and Sustainability. Dr Razaq Raj is also a board member of international journals and academic associations. He is Editor of the following journals: International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage, International Journal of Islands Research, International Journal of Islamic Tourism and Series Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book Series
Kevin Griffin, MA, PhD. Having studied teaching then tourism organisation and historic settlement I worked in a number of Geography Departments in the Dublin / Kildare area. Since 2001 I have worked at the DIT where I am actively involved in teaching and researching a broad range of tourism topics with particular specialism in both heritage and sustainable tourism.Editor in Chief, International Journal of Religious Tourism and PilgrimageEditor in Chief, International Journal of Tour Guiding ResearchEditor in Chief, International Journal of Islands ResearchSeries Editor, CABI Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Book SeriesResearch Interests: main areas of academic interest include Tourism and Sustainability/ Environmental Issues; Heritage Tourism; Religious Tourism/ Pilgrimage; Social Tourism; Teaching Methodologies and Tourism; and Local History/ Heritage.
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