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Recovery From Natural Disaster: Travel Writers And Tourist Destinations

Journal of Travel ResearchPublished 1 July 1991
Katherine Jean Milo, Sharon Logsdon Yoder
Citations42
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score3.10
SNIP3.31

Abstract

Mass media complicate tourist industry disaster recovery, as coveragepassesfrom hard news to feature writers. A survey of travel writers following the 1989 San Francisco earthquake identifies their recovery stage attitudes and newsgathering techniques. The authors suggest strategies to build loyalty to assist destinations in lessening negative media coverage.

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Social Sciences