Tourism And Security In An Interconnected World : Globalisation's Consequences on Tourism And Security

The paper addresses the tourism security nexus in a time of crisis, putting under debate the concept of the virtuous/vicious circle in the context of economy disruption caused by a pandemic, having travel and tourism sector as case study. Using two different crisis as main examples, such as the Tōhoku earthquake of 2011 in Japan and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the authors discuss the relationship between the exercise of freedoms (including freedom of movement) during a crisis and the measures aimed to provide security and safety, which of course may touch on the freedoms as the state of emergency may require. The paper tries to raise the awareness on the fact that security is the state of normality of the society, which is paramount for travel and tourism sector. This contribution to the topic is not intended to be exhaustive but to open up the debate