NCJ Number
178982
Journal
Crime Prevention and Community Safety: An International Journal Volume: 1 Issue: 2 Dated: 1999 Pages: 25-36
Date Published
1999
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This article examines the relationships between tourism and crime.
Abstract
The article reviews tourism and crime studies undertaken predominantly by tourism researchers over the last 25 years. The studies are grouped into six loosely defined areas: tourist areas as areas of high crime; tourists as victims; tourists as offenders; tourism causing higher levels of deviant or illegal activity; terrorism and tourism; and policy responses to tourism and crime. On balance, tourism does contribute to an increase in crime, typically on a seasonal basis, and can provide certain conditions for criminals where the gains from crimes against tourists are high and the risks are low. Adverse publicity from the reporting of crime against tourists has drastic effects on tourism. Further research topics should include: causes of crime in tourist areas and the effects on the host community; types of tourists most likely to be victims or perpetrators of crime; tourists’ and host communities’ fear of tourism-related crime; successful crime prevention strategies; and comparison of various countries’ criminal justice systems in relation to how tourists are treated as victims of crime. Notes