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• Implications for social change include identifying strategies to limit the impact of crises on individuals and communities to improve the perceptions of safety of a tourist destination after a crisis and thus enhance its economic growth.
• crisis preparedness to reduce business interruptions and improve the image of destinations affected by large-scale natural disasters and human-induced crises.
• very few tourism leaders are prepared to cope when a catastrophic event occurs (Speakman & Sharpley, 2012
• o explore strategies used for crisis preparedness at U.S. tourist destinations to reduce business interruptions and improve the destination’s image of safety
• Despite the interest in crisis impacts, a paucity of research exists on understanding how destination managers address crises at the local level (Becken & Hughey, 2013

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