The 1st International Summit on Tourism Safety & Security in Malaysia
14-17 June, 2010

International tourism continues to grow, as it has over the past decades, creating more jobs, infrastructure development and income - especially for many developing countries. The change in the economies of the world have also effected the tourism sector. Security has yet been an important factor and is only becoming more important with the growth of tourism in new regions. With key terrorism acts and related threats still present, improving the security plays a key role to improve the tourism in any given place. Not only can it be used to improve the overall security in the region, but also as a key attractive tool to encourage tourist to have a safe trip. 

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Recovery momentum continues for Asia Pacific travel & tourism

February 2, 2010, Bangkok

Preliminary figures from the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) show that the numbers of international visitors to the Asia Pacific region* grew by three percent year-on-year in November 2009.

All the sub-regions, with the exception of the Americas, recorded growth in arrivals for the month. Southeast Asia led the Asia Pacific region’s recovery with a 15 percent increase in arrivals, boosted by eleven percent growth to Malaysia and strong rebounds in Singapore (+8 percent), Thailand (+26 percent) and Vietnam (+37 percent).

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The role of tourism security in economically challenging times

November 22, 2009

By Dr. Peter Tarlow, eTN ambassador

Despite some of the optimistic talk of global economic recovery, the highest likelihood is that the tourism industry still has several challenging months or even years ahead of it. Often when the economy is down we not only forget to be 'up' but we tend to cut back where we ought not to be cutting back. The same is true of communities throughout the world. For example, numerous communities have cut back on their marketing campaigns precisely during a period when they ought to be expanding these campaigns. 

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