2023, Volume 19, Issue 1
Terrorism as a reason limiting tourist destinations in the pre-pandemic COVID-19
Adam Podolski1
1Institute of Pedagogy, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland
Author for correspondence: Adam Podolski; Institute of Pedagogy, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland; email: apodolsk@ur.edu.pl
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Abstract
The permanent threat of terrorism in relation to tourism was somewhat overlooked in systemic scientific analyses and in journalistic coverage. It was not until the COVID-19 pandemic crisis that the scale of the losses to the economies of many countries caused by the reduction in tourism activity in numerous regions of the world was first realised. However, there are many more important accounts of the social impact. The most important are accumulated in the areas of public health and a general sense of personal security (survival needs). The author has assumed that an initial solution to the issue requires both a relatively complementary approach and appropriate simplifications. Thus, the phenomenon of terrorism is dealt with in the most general terms possible, while the phenomenon of tourism is dealt with in its diverse aspects. This diversity exposed in this scientific essay is limited not only by the editorial framework but also by the scientific competence of the author.
The aim of the study is to perceive the issue of terrorism as a reason for restricting various destinations and aspects of tourism in the pre-pandemic period.
The results of the analysis, based on ethical, economic, psychological, sociological, socio-cultural etc. (carried out at a relatively high level of generality) provided a basic rationale for their inclusion in future research projects. The author sees the effectiveness of such projects in the use of the methodology of new applied science (innovative agonology), as its basic method is a complementary approach. This factor argues most strongly for the prospect of advancing (in the cognitive and applied sense) future research linking multi-faceted tourism to the pathology of terrorism from the micro to macro scale.
Key words: combat terrorism, ethic, INNOAGON, public health
