Tourism and security situation with a focus on public administration

Tourism provides benefits in the form of income from the national economy, satisfies individual needs and promotes mutual understanding and peace, which affects the well-being of the human population. So tourism directly or indirectly affects the lives of the majority of the population. However, it is one of the most vulnerable sectors of the national economy which depends on the changes in the security situation in proportion to changes in the perceived risk of the destination. Research and specialized literature suggest that anthropogenic based security threats are a group which can cause one of the most negative perception affect. This group of threats includes for example war conflicts, civil unrest or terrorism. Instability in the Middle East and in Africa have led to an increase in these threats both in Europe and the immediate neighboring countries, which has led to an increased interest from public authorities taking measures aimed at increasing the safety of the population. The paper focuses on practical examples of security crises and related acts of public administration in selected countries Tunisia, France, Egypt, Germany, Greece and Turkey. Information is supplemented by data from the questionnaire survey, in order to try to understand the motives of behavior of potential tourists when selecting a destination with regard to changes in the security situation. However, it seems that a similar security breach does not entail a proportional change in inbound tourism in all countries by a comparable way. More than an objective degree of risk, can tourism influenced the level of perceived risk. In the case of embedded negative image of the destination, public authorities do not have too much influence on this perceived risk in the short term.