Examination of tourism security concerns with reference to India

This research study was conducted to examine the various factors which could be related to the security concerns for tourism industry specifically for India. The study encompasses an empirical assessment of the identified factors through review of literature in terms of their statistically significant relationship with the tourism security.

This study is conducted originally for Indian sub-continent. It has taken into consideration the recent data (2021-2022) collected during the investigation. It has huge future scope as tourism industry one of the largest revenue-generating sectors & studying the trends in security concerns can provide insights for further research.

The data was collected through a self-structured questionnaire with Cronbach’s alpha >.06 from 349 respondents online. The main factors chosen were crime rate, wars, socio-political unrest, environmental threats and spread of infectious diseases. Their summation of score reflected the overall security status of tourism in India.

Resource limitation is indispensable in any research study and so is the case here. A limited respondent base could be approached due to time constraint.

This study has both academic and practical implications. Apart from adding information to the existing literature, this also goes a long way in understanding how secure is Indian tourism considered and what could be the measure taken for enhancing the security status.