The Territory of the Country as an Object of Tourist Safety: Global Practice and the Case of Russia

Abstract

The present chapter has reviewed the opportunities and limitations of the Russian Federation to situate as a leading international destination. There are significant methodological and conceptual issues during the assessment of the world countries and regions safety level. They are caused by lack of the universal assessment method of such risks, incompleteness of the risk criteria taken into consideration, subjective assessment factors, and occasional substitution of the risk factors with the political–competitive ones. Still, the safety issue is one of the most important for a modern tourist. The available information resources, providing their own safety level assessment of the world countries and regions for travellers, differ between them in terms of the selected categories, specified safety levels of the countries and regions and also in terms of understanding and details of the travel risk notion itself. But the greatest challenge for an ordinary tourist, who does not have experience in searching specialised information, is to become familiar with these information resources.

Citation

Afanasiev, O.E., Afanasieva, A.V., Sarancha, M.A. and Oborin, M.S. (2020), "The Territory of the Country as an Object of Tourist Safety: Global Practice and the Case of Russia", Korstanje, M.E. and Seraphin, H. (Ed.) Tourism, Terrorism and Security (Tourism Security-Safety and Post Conflict Destinations), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 63-87. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83867-905-720201005