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Tourist hazards

Visualization of narrower problems
Name(s): 
Holiday risks
Broader 
Travel risks
Lack of incentives for tourism
Narrower 
Drowning
Pickpocketing
Malpositioned airports
Health hazards to tourists
Dysfunctional public utilities
Lack of airport and travel security
Terrorism targeted against tourists
Prohibitive cost of travel documents
Unconvivial hotel environments for travellers
Unprotected physical access to dangerous locations
Related 
Degradation of countries by tourism
Instability in tourist dependent economies
Social environmental degradation from recreation and tourism
Natural environmental degradation from recreation and tourism
Aggravated by 
Ecotourism
Sports accidents
Tropical diseases
Currency black market
Air traffic congestion
Inappropriate clothing
Foreign exchange restrictions
Abuse of tourism for sexual purposes
Absence of coordinated customs services
Internationally non-cooperative governments
Strategy(ies) 
Internationalizing global tourism
Value(s) 
Hazard
Risk
Reference(s) 
World Health Organization: International Travel and Health: vaccination requirements and health advice
Type 
(E) Emanations of other problems

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

About UIA

The Union of International Associations (UIA) is a research institute and documentation centre, based in Brussels. It was established in 1907, by Henri la Fontaine (Nobel Peace Prize laureate of 1913), and Paul Otlet, a founding father of what is now called information science.
 

Non-profit, apolitical, independent, and non-governmental in nature, the UIA has been a pioneer in the research, monitoring and provision of information on international organizations, international associations and their global challenges since 1907.

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