Risk Preparation in Touristic Coastal Areas in Spain: COVID-19 Versus Tsunamis
Tourism in a VUCA World: Managing the Future of Tourism
ISBN: 978-1-83753-675-7, eISBN: 978-1-83753-674-0
Publication date: 19 July 2024
Abstract
After COVID-19, the current situation is more VUCA than ever. Tourism has shown great resilience but has been recently truncated. The question is how tourism destinations have coped with the pandemic and how are they preparing for other impacts in the future? This chapter analyses how Spanish tourism stakeholders have coped with the pandemic and whether tourism destinations are prepared for other hazards. It proposes a comparison of the preparations that have been made to deal with the crisis in the sector with those that are being made to deal with tsunamis. Even if this comparison may seem surprising, in both cases, we are dealing with the preparation for a hazard that affects a tourist destination. In view of this unprecedented situation, it has become clear that tourist destinations are vulnerable to different events that may occur, and risk management is necessary to be able to deal with all situations. This has shown that other hazards less frequent in Spain, such as tsunamis, have been relegated. Knowing how both hazards have been dealt with in the Spanish tourism sector will help to highlight weaknesses in planning. This will involve some anticipation and will avoid planning and management on the fly.
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Acknowledgements
This research is part of the funding programme of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid – Banco Santander for contracts for the training of doctors who conduct a doctoral thesis and the Training of Research Staff (Predoctoral UCM).
Citation
Sánchez-Arcediano, S. and Babinger, F. (2024), "Risk Preparation in Touristic Coastal Areas in Spain: COVID-19 Versus Tsunamis", Islam, N.U., Chaudhary, M. and Vukadin, I.M. (Ed.) Tourism in a VUCA World: Managing the Future of Tourism, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 171-186. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83753-674-020241012
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