The World Tourism Organization for Countering Terrorist Threats

• Author: N. Kala & Y. Abaydeldinov & T. Furman & A. Ponomarev
• Pages: 549-550

East Asian Observer

549

X JEAIL 2 (2017)

The World Tourism Organization

for Countering Terrorist Threats

N. Kala

∗

& Y. Abaydeldinov

∗∗

& T. Furman

∗∗∗

& A. Ponomarev

∗∗∗∗

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on the economic, social and natural environment of society. The UNWTO is a hub for

these joint activities to organize tourism security. The distinguishing and novel feature

of the organization is that, whilst most organizations provide international security for

people permanently residing in a certain territory, the UNWTO interacts exclusively

with relocated persons. The work undertaken by the UNWTO specifies that the threat

in the tourism industry has a character of mutual exclusion in the aspect of presenting

political claims as the causes of terrorism and reducing economic and social indicators as

consequences of the activities of terrorist groups.

Keywords

International Tourism, International Terrorism, International Law, UNWTO

1. Terrorism as a threat to Tourism

A. Historical Overview

The tourist business is an important component of the global economy. It is also a

guide for national economic policy for all countries. According to the World Tourism

Organization (“UNWTO”), in 2015, the income from international tourist services

reached approximately USD 1.232 billion and the number of international tourists

* Nagima S. Kala. Department of International Law at LN Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan. The

author may be contacted at: nagimajanym@inbox.ru

** Yerbol M. Abaydeldinov. Department of International Law at LN Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan.

The author may be contacted at: erbolabay@mail.ru

*** Tatiana Furman. Department of Humanitarian and Economic and Natural Science Disciplines at Branch of Tyumen

Industrial University, Russian Federation. The author may be contacted at: furman-feliks@yandex.ru

**** Andrey A. Ponomarev. Tyumen Industrial University, Russian Federation. The author may be contacted at:

ponomarev94@mail.ru

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2017.10.2.11