White Paper: Security and Safety in the Tourism Sector Volume 2: Compendium of Technical Guides on Risks and Initiatives

This White Paper: Security and Safety in the Tourism Sector presents in three volumes the fruit of a key partnership between the World Tourism Organization, the African Union Development Agency and the West African Economic and Monetary Union. Its aim is to give tourism sector stakeholders all the tools they need to design and implement their own security policies, in line with their own objectives, resources and constraints. This publication aims to play a major role in strengthening the resilience of the tourism sector, in Africa and the rest of the world, and thus contribute to the inclusive growth and sustainable development of local economies. This volume 2 is a collection of technical guides, divided into two parts: risks and initiatives. It is intended to be as easy to access and as practical to use as possible to allow the reader to quickly become familiar with a risk or an initiative. Besides, this volume aims at enabling the readers to either effectively combat the risk in question, or to quickly understand the necessary means to implement such an initiative, as well as its objectives. The technical guides on risks are divided into several subsections: causes, audiences at risk, direct effects, indirect effects, prevention, solutions and examples. They are the result of a synthesis work that aims to allow each reader to rapidly grasp the stakes of a risk and to begin to foresee the possible solutions and initiatives that can be put in place to prevent or limit its effects. They are organized according to the classification given in volume 1, namely: frequent and not very serious unintentional risks, infrequent and serious unintentional risks, frequent and not very serious intentional risks, and infrequent and serious intentional risks. The technical guides on initiatives are also divided into subsections: presentation and objectives, feasibility (when applicable) and implementation. They have been inspired by existing programmes in some countries of the world and can be very innovative in nature, as well as already widely tested measures are presented. Thus, each reader can potentially find inspiring initiatives that correspond to his or her needs and resources. In addition, many of the guides echo interviews conducted during the writing of this White Paper, the lessons of which are recorded in volume 3, which the reader can consult for more detailed examples of the implementation of some of these initiatives.