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5 results foundAuthor: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction Title: Travel and Drug Use in Europe: A Short Review Summary: Recent decades have seen a growth in travel and tourism abroad because of cheap air fares and holiday packages. This has been accompanied by a relaxation of border controls, especially within parts of Europe participating in the Schengen Agreement. As some people may be more inclined to use illicit substances during holiday periods and some may even choose to travel to destinations that are associated with drug use — a phenomenon sometimes referred to as ‘drug tourism’ — this means that from a European drug policy perspective the issue of drug use and travel has become more important. This Thematic paper examines travellers and drug use, with a focus on Europeans travelling within Europe, although some other relevant destinations are also included. For the purpose of this publication, a ‘traveller’ is defined as someone who goes abroad for reasons ranging from a weekend visit to a music festival or a short holiday, through to backpacking for longer periods. Using drugs in a foreign country can be associated with additional risks and consequences. For example, while drug use anywhere may lead to adverse health consequences, using drugs abroad can be associated with increased risks due to additional uncertainties regarding the composition and purity of the substances and the lack of knowledge of local health and social services. In addition, under the influence of drugs, tourists may also engage in behaviours that put them at risk of various medical conditions, accidents and risky sexual practices. They also risk arrest and imprisonment for possessing, using, selling or smuggling drugs into and out of a country. Local populations may also be negatively affected. While visitors bring income to the host countries, drug use by some may lead to antisocial behaviour and public nuisance, an increase in those requiring health and social services, and the presence of gangs controlling the drug trade, thus putting pressure on the local law enforcement, health and social services. Little is known about the issue of drug use by travellers. This Thematic paper seeks to increase the interest in this topic both in terms of research and of developing adequate responses to problems related to drugs and travel. The paper aims to shed some light on this topic by investigating the following five questions: What is the profile of those who travel and use drugs? Which destinations have been associated with drug use among travellers? What is the prevalence of drug use among travellers? What are the risks associated with using drugs while travelling? What is the potential for prevention interventions? Information for this publication was collected from online reference resources, such as PubMed and Scopus, and with the help of Internet search engines. In addition, six Reitox national focal points (1) provided information about drugs and travel in their countries and about drug use among their citizens while the latter are travelling. These countries are presented as examples in the following pages but they should not be considered as necessarily having more extensive travel and drug use problems than other European countries. Details: Lisbon: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2012. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 13, 2012 at: http://www.ofdt.fr/BDD/publications/docs/OEDT1209travellers.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Europe URL: http://www.ofdt.fr/BDD/publications/docs/OEDT1209travellers.pdf Shelf Number: 126328 Keywords: Drug Abuse and Addiction (Europe)Drug Abuse PolicyDrug ControlTourists |
Author: Calafat, Amador Title: Lifestyles and Drugs: Prevention Interventions in Recreational Settings Summary: The publication seeks to explore a range of possible drug misuse prevention activities that could be delivered to young people and families during their holidays as well as in the recreational settings, and provide examples of innovative drug misuse prevention activities in holiday and leisure time settings. There are many economic, social and cultural advantages of national and international tourism and the problems addressed in this publication are far outweighed by the benefits. Nevertheless, there is a need to pool together successful experience from different localities in order to tackle problems related to misuse of drugs during holidays and in leisure settings. Certainly, big differences exist in the possibilities for responses available to different localities and settings - depending on resources available, extent of control (for example, licensing of premises for serving alcohol), local laws and traditions (e.g. laws and customs relating to cannabis possession and consumption) and the national contexts. The present publication will attempt to provide the readers with detailed examples of practice to illustrate the general principles which could be applied in most settings including: - understanding the issue through research, data collection and analysis, - involving the local community in developing solutions, - intelligent policing, - creating safer environments through planning and design, - working with local businesses to discuss issues and find solutions, - transport development, - providing alternatives to substance misuse, - working with and by the country of tourists' origin. Details: Strasbourg: Pompidou Group, Council of Europe, 2010. 74p. Source: Internet Resource: P-PG/Prev (2010) 7: Accessed March 28, 2014 at: http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/pompidou/Source/Files/minconf/P-PG-PREV-2010-7-en.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Europe URL: http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/pompidou/Source/Files/minconf/P-PG-PREV-2010-7-en.pdf Shelf Number: 132016 Keywords: Alcohol AbuseAlcohol Related Crime, DisorderDrug AbuseDrug Abuse PreventionDrunk and DisorderlyNuisance Behaviors and DisordersTourists |
Author: U.S. Government Accountability Office Title: Cruise Vessels: Most Required Security and Safety Measures have Been Implemented, but Concerns Remain About Crime Reporting Summary: In 2011, almost 11 million passengers took a cruise from a U.S. port. Media reports about passenger personal safety while aboard cruise vessels-including those related to the January 2012 grounding of the cruise vessel Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy, which resulted in 32 deaths-combined with the increasing number of passengers taking cruises has raised questions about passenger safety and security. With the enactment of the CVSSA in 2010, cruise vessels that visit U.S. ports were required to meet certain security and safety requirements, such as having rail heights of at least 42 inches and reporting allegations of certain crimes to the FBI. GAO was asked to review cruise vessel safety as well as security issues-related to keeping passengers safe from crime. GAO reviewed (1) the extent to which the cruise vessel industry and federal agencies have implemented the CVSSA, and (2) any actions taken following the Costa Concordia accident to enhance the safety of cruise vessels visiting U.S. ports. GAO reviewed the CVSSA and related agency and industry documents, and interviewed officials from the Coast Guard, FBI, CLIA, five cruise lines which accounted for over 80 percent of North American cruise vessel passengers in 2012, and two crime victim advocacy groups. The cruise lines were selected based on several factors including their volume of North American passengers. Crime victim advocacy groups were selected based on their knowledge about cruise ship crime issues. GAO is not making any recommendations in this report. Details: Washington, DC: GAO, 2013. 54p. Source: Internet Resource: GAO-14-43: Accessed April 24, 2014 at: http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/659897.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/659897.pdf Shelf Number: 132158 Keywords: Crime StatisticsCruise VesselsTouristsTransit CrimeTransportation Security |
Author: Mthembu, Nompumelelo Title: Tourism Crime, Safety and Security in the Umhlathuze District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal. Summary: Recreation and Tourism as a profession is new in South Africa. In the past not much concern was given to the provision and utilisation of recreation and Tourism facilities for the previously disadvantaged communities. Recreation has not been taken as a significant component of life for Blacks because of the apartheid system that existed. In the recent history of South Africa, recreation facilities were mainly made available to the White population areas, with Black areas and being neglected. As such there has been alienation between communities, tourists and hosts, as well as tourism service providers and tourism authorities. These stakeholders have not successfully tackled tourism problem, and more specifically that of tourism crime, safety and security. The focus of this study was to investigate the tourism crime, safety and security in uMhlathuze District Municipality, with special reference to policy formulation and its practise. The main objectives of this study are the following; - To find out whether the local community understands the importance of tourism crime, safety and security in the study area. - To establish the extent to which tourists feel safe and secure in and around the uMhlathuze District area. - To reveal whether there are adequate policies that address situations of tourism safety and security in the study area. - To investigate the levels to which tourism policies are practiced or implemented in the study area. - To indicate the perceived management of tourism crime, safety and security in the near future for the study area. Data was collected by means of interviews and questionnaires that were administered to 124 participants in uMhlathuze District to establish the state of tourism crime, safety and security, affecting domestic and international tourism. Data analysis was accomplished through using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) computer technique. The method used for analysing information appeared to be effective because clear outcomes of the finding were achieved. The most important findings were that, there are criminal activities that are occurring in the study area and some of these activities are not reported and the policies and practices are not known by the members of the community and some of the tourism officials and authorities. The latter suggests that the local people should be taught about the importance of tourism and the tourist in the study area. It was further discovered that some of the crimes that takes place are done by the local people because they do not understand the importance of the tourists in the study area. The importance of safety and security is not known to them and they are not told about it. The local people needs to be told about the importance of tourism activities that are taking place in the study area and they should be encouraged to participate in the activities that can make them to see how important is the tourism and its resources. Safety and security should be applied in order to protect the study area. It was also discovered that the Umhlathuze tourism association should be a major role in making the policy and practices to be known by everyone in the study area who can promote the safety and security of the tourists in the study area. This is the big challenge that the local government is facing. Since local municipality is the government that is closest to the people and represents the interests of the residents, it is responsible for fulfilling the developmental role (DLG; 1998). Therefore, it is clear that local people should be taught about the importance of tourism activities and to make the tourism policies and practices to be known by every stakeholder that is involved in promoting the safety and security in the study area. Further that the local government needs to play a leading role to ensure that they provides the training to the local community about the safety and security of the tourist in the study area even the destination itself. Details: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: University of Zululand, 2009. 154p. Source: Internet Resource: Thesis: Accessed October 15, 2015 at: http://uzspace.uzulu.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10530/129/Tourism+Crime,+Safety+&+Security+in+the+Umhlathuze+District+Municipality+-+N+Mthembu.pdf;jsessionid=1C04443006F5DF90CB45CE54F6121373?sequence=1 Year: 2009 Country: South Africa URL: http://uzspace.uzulu.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10530/129/Tourism+Crime,+Safety+&+Security+in+the+Umhlathuze+District+Municipality+-+N+Mthembu.pdf;jsessionid=1C04443006F5DF90CB45CE54F6121373?sequence=1 Shelf Number: 136979 Keywords: Public SafetyRecreationTourism and CrimeTourists |
Author: Henninger, Dwight Title: What Impact will Tourist-Oriented Policing Have on Small Sized Police Departments by the Year 2006? Summary: After over ten years of consistent efforts by police agencies all over the United States to implement Community Oriented Policing (COP) philosophies, departments are now looking for methods to expand these concepts to other populations. One such application is to the tourists that are attracted to cities for vacations and day trips. Community Oriented Policing is a philosophy of policing based upon the concept that the police and citizens work together in creative ways to help solve community problems related to crime, the fear of crime, and social and physical disorder. The California Attorney General's Office defines Community Oriented Policing as "a philosophy, management style, and organizational design that promotes proactive problem solving and police-community partnerships to address the causes of crime and fear as well as other community issues." Tourists are an important source of revenue for cities in hotel and sales tax. Additionally, they are a population that is generally not given the same level of concern as locals by the police. In Anaheim, California, which has the highest hotel tax in the state of fifteen percent, this tax is projected to generate over $30 million dollars by the year 2005. In Breckenridge, Colorado hotel taxes account for seven percent of their total revenues. Sales and hotel taxes, which are attributed to tourists in this small mountain town, were forty-six percent of total revenues. The Inland Empire area of Southern California has experienced a decade long drop in tourism, which equates to the loss of 2,700 jobs and has affected local government's bottom lines. In New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1997, tourism jobs accounted for sixteen percent of the city's employment, up from seven percent a decade earlier and over a $3.5 billion economic impact. In Laguna Beach, California, tourism revenues represent over twenty percent of the discretionary spending revenues. Tourist Oriented Policing (TOP) is a process of applying COP techniques to another segment of our citizen base, which is transient and can be fickle. Police must be aware their communities tourist based tax revenues can be greatly affected by the quality of police/tourist interaction. Past problems of communicating with potential tourists, preventing victimization, poor conviction levels for suspects in tourist related cases, and the tourist's general feeling of safety in our communities are all-important issues for the local police to resolve, which traditionally, have not been regularly addressed. Technology has greatly increased the ability of police to communicate with citizens, tourists and potential visitors, and it has increased the demands of these consumers for our services. Internet web sites are the norm for most businesses and cities, but whom are we targeting with this information? How will the information demanded by tourists increase during the next decade? Details: Sacramento, CA: California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, 2001. 67p. Source: Internet Resource: Thesis: Accessed October 20, 2015 at: lib.post.ca.gov Year: 2001 Country: United States URL: lib.post.ca.gov Shelf Number: 137042 Keywords: Community-Oriented PolicingTourism and CrimeTourists |