African tourism suffers most of all from the common American belief that the continent is unsafe, he said.
Since the second half of the 20th century, tourism in Haiti has suffered from the country's political upheaval.
However because of the Taliban, tourism has suffered due to fighting between the Taliban and the government.
But tourism is still suffering; weekend and daytrip travelers are still exhibiting reluctance to return.
And there is more bad news: Los Angeles will probably not be the only place where tourism suffers because of the quake.
Mr. Hanbury noted that tourism in the capital had suffered since 9/11.
Mauritius, most famous as the home of the extinct Dodo, is determined tourism will not suffer a similar fate.
The airport was closed for some time during the early 2000s, as tourism to Acandí suffered a downturn.
Even within national boundaries, tourism suffers from this effect of other interests - parochial interests.
Although the disease was primarily confined to hospitals and health-care workers, tourism in Toronto suffered significantly because of media reports.