Alpine tourist destinations – a safe haven in turbulent times? – Exploring travellers’ perception of risks and events of damage

摘要: Risk is a prominent issue in modern society and our daily lives (Banse 1996; Beck 2007). There talk of financial risks (e.g. insolvency) political terrorism), recreational extreme sports), lifestyle smoking), health SARS), traffic driving car), technological nuclear power). Of special interest at this point however, are travel or tourism risks. Tourism research demonstrates that travelling exposes people to varying degrees risk (Bentley Page 2006; Page, Bentley Meyer 2003; Hunter-Jones 2000; Phillip Hodgkinson 1994) shows destination choice not only based on price image, but also perceived personal safety security (Pizam, Tarlow Bloom 1997).