RESEARCH NOTE BOMB BLASTS IN BALI: IMPACT ON TOURISM

Authors: REX S. TOH¹; HABIBULLAH KHAN²; SUKMA D. ERAWAN³

Source: Tourism Analysis, Volume 9, Number 3, 2004 , pp. 219-224(6)

Publisher: Cognizant Communication Corporation

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Abstract:

On October 12, 2002, Muslim terrorists detonated two powerful bombs that destroyed Paddy's Club Café and Sari Club Café located in the tourist district of Bali, which killed 202 people and wounded hundreds more (mostly Australians and other Western tourists). Tourism is vital to Bali (an idyllic Hindu enclave within the mostly Muslim Indonesian Archipelago), and contributed as much as 60% of Bali's gross domestic regional product. Using the results from input–output analysis and our own survey, we found that terrorist acts of wanton destruction have an immediate and drastic effect on tourism and the locals, but an attractive destination that offers good value will soon rebound.

Keywords: Bali; Terrorism; Impact on tourism

Document Type: Short communication

Affiliations: 1: *Department of Management, Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University 2: †Department of Economics, National University of Singapore 3: ‡American International Assurance Company, Singapore

Publication date: 2004-01-01

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The aim of Tourism Analysis is to promote a forum for practitioners and academicians in the fields of Leisure, Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality (LRTH). As a interdisciplinary journal, it is an appropriate outlet for articles, research notes, and computer software packages designed to be of interest, concern, and of applied value to its audience of professionals, scholars, and students of LRTH programs the world over.