A chaos theory perspective on destination crisis management: Evidence from Mexico.

Speakman, Mark Kevin and Sharpley, Richard orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-2135-3206 (2012) A chaos theory perspective on destination crisis management: Evidence from Mexico. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 1 (1). pp. 67-77. ISSN 2212-571X

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2012.05.003

Abstract

It is recognised that tourism destinations are vulnerable to some form of crisis or disaster. Consequently, attention has long been paid to the nature and consequences of tourism crises and disasters, whilst, more recently, a number of tourism crisis management models have been proposed in the literature. Such models may, however, be criticised for their structured, linear and prescriptive approach to the management of crises, which tend to be unpredictable in their occurrence and evolution. Therefore, identifying the limitations of contemporary crisis management models, this paper proposes an alternative, chaos theory-based approach to crisis management. This is then considered within the context of the AH1N1 influenza crisis in Mexico. The research revealing not only that the unfolding of the crisis followed many of the tenets of chaos theory, but also that chaos theory provides a viable framework for the management of tourism crises.


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