Rodanthi Tzanelli, "Thanatourism and Cinematic Representations of Risk: Screening the End of Tourism "
English | ISBN: 0367877589 | 2019 | 200 pages | EPUB | 788 KB
In today's world, the need to eliminate natural and human-made disasters has been at the forefront of national and international socio-political agendas. The management of risks such as terrorism, labour strikes, protests and environmental degradation has become pivotal for countries that depend on their economy's tourist sector. Indeed, there is fear that that 'the end of tourism' might be nigh due to inadequate institutional foresight. Yet, in designing relevant policies to tackle this, arts such as that of filmmaking have yet to receive due consideration.