Abstract Tourism and transport combined form the largest industry in the world. Air transport is a significant driver of tourism and visitors arriving by air directly support approximately 6.7 million jobs worldwide in the tourism industry with the foreign exchange they spend during their travels. Both the tourism industry and air transport industry depend on the policies of governments and the individual stability of States for their sustenance and development. The unrest wrought by mass protests and the ensuing violence in North Africa and the Middle East in 2011 seriously disrupted tourism and air transport and brought to bear the fact that sustenance of airport and aviation security is vital if global connectivity were to be retained in times of civil unrest. Disruption of the air transport system would be one of the priorities of those who intend to cripple the running of government and isolate an existing regime from the outside world. This article examines the threats involved in civil unrest that would adversely affect air transport and evaluates the compelling need for ensuring aviation security at such times through diplomacy and other means.
Civil unrest and airport and aviation security
Journal of Transportation Security ; 4 , 4 ; 285-294
2011-04-20
10 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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