Impacts of conflict on tourism

Any conflict can dispute and distrust or decelerate a sustainable growth of tourism sector of any effected country and it may lead to violence and also very huge threat to peace or countries image (King and Zeng,2001).

Terrorist attack on temple of tooth kandy

Destinations will be less appealing to visitors if they are insecure or they are experiencing any conflict situation such as (King and Zeng,2001)  -  war,  political  unrest,  terrorism,  violations  of  human  rights  or  criminal activities. Any cultural or historical attractions can be override or can be abounded if country is going though above conditions (Sonmez, 1998). 

Although there are instances of tourist attractions based on war and atrocities, tourism in general is highly vulnerable to turmoil and can thrive only under peaceful conditions (Sonmez et al.,1999).  According to banks (1979) any of the following violent variables exist in a regime can effects on countries development.  Many authors use branks violent variables to measure the conflict in a regime(Sarkees, 2001).

Different types of violets variables in a conflict situation: from Banks’s Violent Events Count Variable

Assassinations: Political motivated murder or attempting murder of politically influenced official can be seen as assassination

Guerrilla warfare: any form of armed activity bombings suicide bombings sabotage or deliberate forces aimed to disrupt regimes consistency.

Purges: Any systematic execution or execution of political opponent illegal force by use of the governmental or regimes power.

Riots: Any form of violent or abusive demonstration or higher than 100 personal involved clashes with physical force.

Revolution: Any illegal or forced change the current government consistency or any attempt to change. Regardless of successful or unsuccessful attempts to gain independent form the government on power.

Table 1:Bank's Violen Event Count

(Bank ,1979 cited in Sarkees 2001).