This book offers multiple voices and viewpoints on pilgrimage, covering both spiritual and non-spiritual voyages and in particular the theme of reconciliation in all of its many dimensions. The book has 15 chapters presented in three parts with the following headings: (i) peace, human rights and...

This chapter assesses the impact of terrorism on tourism in the USA and other countries (Greece, Italy, the UK, Israel, Egypt, Turkey) by use of the Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) model. Results indicate that: (1) incidents of terrorism exert an effect on the tourism sector for each of the...

This chapter investigates the impact of political instability on the tourist industries of four eastern Mediterranean destinations (Cyprus, Greece, Turkey and Israel) during the period 1977-97. It does so by producing a neural network model that enables an evaluation of the relationship between...