An empirical study on features and the preventive strategies of tourism crime in China's small and medium-sized cities

摘要

As an international problem, tourism crime is now becoming more and more serous. This paper is an empirical study of tourism crimes in Xianning, a newly-emerging tourist city in Hubei Province. By analyzing the cases of tourism crime from 2004 to 2008, it summarizes features of tourism crime as follows: tourism crime rate increases with the development of tourism; types of crimes vary from place to place; tourism crimes mainly occur during the traveling process; tourism crimes have remarkable seasonal features; most tourism crimes are property oriented; Tourism crime aims mainly at tourists; the non-violent offence is the major form, etc. An empirical study on the features and preventive strategies of tourism crime, on one hand, theoretically is good for the establishment of tourism criminology and for the development of tourism study, criminology and other subjects; on the other hand, it can be practically served as a guide to prevent tourism crimes and benefit the sustainable development of tourism industry.