Guest Centric Tourism Security discusses the importance of security for American tourists traveling abroad in the post-9/11 era. As more Americans travel overseas, their safety and security should be a priority for both governments and individual tourists. The document outlines types of crimes like identity theft, pickpocketing, and kidnapping that target tourists, and recommends steps tourists can take like being aware of their surroundings and contacting their embassy in an emergency.

1. Guest Centric Tourism
Security
BY: Jason Nilsen
ANTH 478

2. Introduction
• More and more Americans are traveling oversees as
tourists, whether for relaxation, site seeing, heritage,
adventure, or other reasons.
• Since the terror attacks of September 11th 2001,
Americans have been vulnerable to attack at home and
abroad.
• Security for our citizens should be a priority and
responsibility of both our government and individual
tourists.

3. Why is Tourism Security
Important?

4. Steps to take during your
Vacation

5. Types of Crime Targeted on
Tourists

6. Identity Theft

7. Pick Pockets

8. Kidnapping and Blind Mules

9. Contact Information

10. Sources
• World Tourism Organization
1996 Tourist Safety and Security: Practical Measures for Destinations. http://www.e-unwto.org/content/k40412/, accessed May 8, 2015
• Gmelch, Sharon Bohn
2010 Tourists and Tourism: A Reader. Long Grove: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Tourism Recovery Committee, Second Meeting
2002 The Impact of the September 11th Attacks on Tourism: The Light at the End of the Tunnel. Special Report, no. 20. World Tourism
Organization. http://www.e-unwto.org/content/g6m540/?sortorder=asc&p=55e3ca578b1b421191c12f9deac07838&o=0, accessed May 9,
2015
• U.S. Department of State
2015 U.S. Travel Documents, Resources, and Emergency Information. http://www.state.gov/travel/, accessed May 10, 2015