Risk & Crisis Management in Tourism Sector:
Recovery from Crisis
in the OIC Member Countries
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Methodology
Initial research for the report was carried out using secondary sources available through academic
and professional databases, including accessing recent and key articles and reports from leading
academic journals and tourism organisations such as those listed above. The findings of the
literature review were illustrated and enhanced by a multi-stage approach to eight case study
countries. This phase of the study included further secondary research into relevant academic
papers and professional reports relating to the case study countries, field trips to four of the
countries, and interviews with key informants both in these countries and in the case of case study
countries which were not visited. The findings of both the overall literature review and case study
reviewwere triangulated by carrying out a survey of tourismbusinesses and organisations located
in the eight case study countries.
Organisation of the Report
The report will cover conceptual aspects of risk and crisismanagement (Section 1), implementation
strategies (Section 2), crises in OIC countries and how they have been handled (Section 3), detailed
case studies of crisis management in OIC countries (Section 4) and in non-OIC countries (Section
5). Section 6 will give conclusions and recommendations based on the preceding sections.