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Natural Disasters Affecting Tourism

Natural Disasters Affecting Tourism. TSUNAMI in 2004. What is a tsunami?. A tsunami, from the Japanese word for “ harbour wave” is a series of giant, long ocean waves (10 or more) created by an underwater disturbance such as an

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Natural Disasters Affecting Tourism

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  1. Natural Disasters Affecting Tourism TSUNAMI in 2004

  2. What is a tsunami? A tsunami, from the Japanese word for “ harbour wave” is a series of giant, long ocean waves (10 or more) created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite. A tsunami can move hundreds of miles per hour in the open ocean and smash into land with waves as high as 100feet or more.

  3. Earthquake caused the tsunami in 2004 The epicenter of the 9.0 magnitude quake was under the Indian Ocean near the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra The violent movement of sections of the Earth's crust, known as tectonic plates, displaced an enormous amount of water, sending powerful shock waves in every direction. The earthquake that generated the great Indian Ocean tsunami is estimated to have released the energy of 23,000 Hiroshima-type atomic bombs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

  4. Video of the tsunami http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDOuwMj7Xzo

  5. Affected areas of tsunami in Asia

  6. Facts about the 2004 tsunami Over 200 000 people died Millions of people left homeless from Africa to Thailand Within hours the killer waves radiating from the earthquake zone slammed into the coastline of 11 Indian Ocean countries The ocean retreated in many areas, which told some people to run as they have about 5 minutes till the killer waves come

  7. Impact on tourism Resorts, hotels, and entire cities completely wiped out Many of those who lost their lives were tourists or tourism personnel. In the Maldives, 74.1 per cent of total GDP and 64.4 per cent of total employment in 2004 was accountedfor by the Travel & Tourism Economy. Cost of reconstructing around 12.5 billion US total

  8. Impact on tourism cont’d The bottom-line impact for Thailand is a loss of 16.7% or US$1.2 billion in industry contribution to 2005 GDP and 94,780 jobs The total impact of the Dec tsunami on 2005 Travel & Tourism is expected to approach US$ 3 billion and cost more than one quarter millions jobs Significant trouble for tourism, but not as bad as you would think as wave impacted only 300m from shore

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