Crisis communication and recovery for the tourism industry: Lessons from the 2001 foot and mouth disease outbreak in the United Kingdom

Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 199-216

  Ritchie, Brent W ^a,c   Dorrell, Humphrey ^a   Miller, Daniela ^a   Miller, Graham A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Crisis; Disaster; Foot and mouth; Tourism; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023729047     PISSN: 10548408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J073v15n02_11     Document Type: Article

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