Tourism Security

Acknowledgments

No book comes about as the sole effort of a single author. This book is, of course, no exception. Numerous people from around the world encouraged me to write this book and without them I never would have given the time and effort necessary. I want to thank my colleagues in many parts of the world. My colleagues in tourism security, on both the academic and applied sides, not only encouraged me to write this book but also consistently reminded me of its importance. These people are too numerous to name, I can only hope that they know who they are and how much I appreciate their sage words of encouragement and caring.

I want to thank the editors of Elsevier who, each time I thought about dropping this project, knew how to prod me ...