POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS AND TOURISM

The interface of political science and tourism is rapidly developing. Much has been published concerning the obvious impact of coups and ter rorism on the tourist traffic but little on how political science can aid decisionmakers in assessing the multitude of less spectacular poli tical activities affecting investments abroad. The area of political r isk analysis is critically examined, offering. perspectives on methodo logical problems associated with predicting political risk, the role p layed by multinationals in creating risk, and the rule of political ri sk analysis within the context of the changing nature of relationships between multinationals and less developed countries. (C) 1997 Elsevie r Science Ltd.