Localized Incidences of Terrorism and Their Impact on Perceived Security of International Air Travel

If travellers are willing to experience even more invasive security measures in the (immediate) aftermath of a terrorist action is determined, using empirical evidence from the Australian context.

Abstract

This paper aims to evaluate for the first the impact of local terrorism incidents on the perception of international travel security. The paper investigates attitudes towards air travel and security and determines if travellers are willing to experience even more invasive security measures in the (immediate) aftermath of a terrorist action, using empirical evidence from the Australian context. A diverse set of attitudinal questions and separate choice experiments are used to capture perceptions of route/destination security, security procedures that traveller agree with most or least, and the trade-offs in security procedures, time, money and threat detection that travellers are prepared to make.