Tourism and Global Health Crises in History: Is It Truly an Unthought?

International audience Traveling around the world is not a risk-free activity. While the influence of natural hazards, military conflicts, and social tensions on international tourism is relatively well known, health risks on tourism are still not properly understood. The Covid-19 pandemic, describe...

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Published in:Mondes du tourisme
Main Authors: Vincent, Johan, Evanno, Yves-Marie
Other Authors: Espaces et Sociétés (ESO), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Le Mans Université (UM)-Université d'Angers (UA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN), Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN), Temps, Mondes, Sociétés (TEMOS), Le Mans Université (UM)-Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:French
Published: HAL CCSD 2021
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Health crisis
Local actors
Tourism history
Covid 19
Pandémies
crise sociale
Acteurs locaux
Histoire du tourisme
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Tourism and Global Health Crises in History: Is It Truly an Unthought?
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Local actors
Tourism history
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Pandémies
crise sociale
Acteurs locaux
Histoire du tourisme
[SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History
[SHS.ARCHI]Humanities and Social Sciences/Architecture
space management
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description International audience Traveling around the world is not a risk-free activity. While the influence of natural hazards, military conflicts, and social tensions on international tourism is relatively well known, health risks on tourism are still not properly understood. The Covid-19 pandemic, described as “unprecedented” for the tourism sector, has highlighted this historiographic gap that we wish to begin to fill with a long-term approach, beyond the 21st century disease episodes (SARS, avian flu, swine flu, MERS.). While disease was perceived as the consequence of a bad environment until the 19th century, several cholera pandemics prove that even places that were thought to be preserved, allowing for health tourism, can be affected. The management of pandemics raises awareness about the respectability of territories. In the early 20th century, the control of medical risks – at least in Western countries – continued to improve, with death becoming more a matter of “statistical bad luck”. However, with the rise of rapid transportation and the close contact with exotic destinations, the tourist once again became a possible carrier of the disease. In the field of tourism, crisis management is therefore intended to be global, although in reality it remains the responsibility of local actors. Voyager à travers le monde n’est pas une activité sans risques. Si l’influence des aléas naturels, des conflits militaires ou encore des tensions sociales sur le tourisme international est relativement bien connue, il n’en va pas de même pour les risques sanitaires. La Covid-19, qualifiée de « sans précédent » pour le secteur touristique, a mis en évidence cette lacune historiographique, que cet article tente de commencer à combler par une approche sur le temps long, au-delà des seuls épisodes du xxie siècle (SRAS, grippe aviaire, grippe porcine, MERS…). Alors que la maladie est perçue comme la conséquence d’un mauvais environnement jusqu’au xixe siècle, plusieurs pandémies de choléra prouvent que même les lieux que l’on ...
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Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)
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Le Mans Université (UM)-Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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spelling ftunivcouest:oai:HAL:halshs-03502125v1 2024-06-23T07:51:28+00:00 Tourism and Global Health Crises in History: Is It Truly an Unthought? Tourisme et crises sanitaires mondiales dans l’Histoire : véritablement un impensé ? Vincent, Johan Evanno, Yves-Marie Espaces et Sociétés (ESO) Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN) Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Le Mans Université (UM)-Université d'Angers (UA)-AGROCAMPUS OUEST-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Géographie et d'Aménagement Régional de l'Université de Nantes (IGARUN) Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN) Temps, Mondes, Sociétés (TEMOS) Le Mans Université (UM)-Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Bretagne Sud (UBS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2021-12 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03502125 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03502125/document https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03502125/file/tourisme-3795.pdf https://doi.org/10.4000/tourisme.3795 fr fre HAL CCSD Paris: Éd. touristiques européennes info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.4000/tourisme.3795 halshs-03502125 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03502125 https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03502125/document https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03502125/file/tourisme-3795.pdf doi:10.4000/tourisme.3795 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 2109-5671 EISSN: 2492-7503 Mondes du tourisme https://shs.hal.science/halshs-03502125 Mondes du tourisme, 2021, 20, https://doi.org/10.4000/tourisme.3795. ⟨10.4000/tourisme.3795⟩ Pandemic Health crisis Local actors Tourism history Covid 19 Pandémies crise sociale Acteurs locaux Histoire du tourisme [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History [SHS.ARCHI]Humanities and Social Sciences/Architecture space management [SHS.ENVIR]Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studies info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2021 ftunivcouest https://doi.org/10.4000/tourisme.3795 2024-06-13T23:31:17Z International audience Traveling around the world is not a risk-free activity. While the influence of natural hazards, military conflicts, and social tensions on international tourism is relatively well known, health risks on tourism are still not properly understood. The Covid-19 pandemic, described as “unprecedented” for the tourism sector, has highlighted this historiographic gap that we wish to begin to fill with a long-term approach, beyond the 21st century disease episodes (SARS, avian flu, swine flu, MERS.). While disease was perceived as the consequence of a bad environment until the 19th century, several cholera pandemics prove that even places that were thought to be preserved, allowing for health tourism, can be affected. The management of pandemics raises awareness about the respectability of territories. In the early 20th century, the control of medical risks – at least in Western countries – continued to improve, with death becoming more a matter of “statistical bad luck”. However, with the rise of rapid transportation and the close contact with exotic destinations, the tourist once again became a possible carrier of the disease. In the field of tourism, crisis management is therefore intended to be global, although in reality it remains the responsibility of local actors. Voyager à travers le monde n’est pas une activité sans risques. Si l’influence des aléas naturels, des conflits militaires ou encore des tensions sociales sur le tourisme international est relativement bien connue, il n’en va pas de même pour les risques sanitaires. La Covid-19, qualifiée de « sans précédent » pour le secteur touristique, a mis en évidence cette lacune historiographique, que cet article tente de commencer à combler par une approche sur le temps long, au-delà des seuls épisodes du xxie siècle (SRAS, grippe aviaire, grippe porcine, MERS…). Alors que la maladie est perçue comme la conséquence d’un mauvais environnement jusqu’au xixe siècle, plusieurs pandémies de choléra prouvent que même les lieux que l’on ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Avian flu Université Catholique de l'Ouest portail Mondes du tourisme 20