Tourist Rescue in Natural Disasters

Hui Zhang, Li Qi Tian, Shu Jing Long, Ruo Bing Li, Yenchun Jim Wu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In recent years, the tourism industry has expanded rapidly and China will enter the mass tourism era comprehensively, with tourism becoming an important leisure lifestyle for people. However, natural disasters have the characteristics of high frequency, multiple types, wide distribution and large post-disaster losses, which often cause huge impact on tourism industry development. It is of great practical significance to explore the key factors for successful rescue of tourists after disasters. Taking the Wenchuan earthquake as an example, the article selects the Fuzzy Delphi Method and the Analytical Hierarchy Process as the data analysis method, and also randomly selects the local residents of 20 affected scenic spots as the research subjects. The results show that among the assessment dimensions, the most important dimension is prevention, followed by preparedness, response and recovery respectively. Meanwhile, among the 16 assessment indicators, the top five most valued indicators were regional emergency planning, management systems, prompt notification, publicity and education, training and emergency drill in order.

Original languageEnglish
JournalSAGE Open
Volume13
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023 Oct 1

Keywords

  • Analytical Hierarchy Process
  • Delphi Method
  • disaster rescue
  • key factors
  • natural disaster
  • successful rescue
  • tourism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Social Sciences

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