University of Florida Tourism Crisis Management Institute
University of Florida Tourism Crisis Management Institute
The University of Florida’s Tourism Crisis Management Institute (UF/TCMI), established in 2007, is housed within the Center for Tourism Research and Development and is affiliated with other allied academic disciplines. The mission of the University of Florida’s Tourism Crisis Management Institute is to develop research-driven solutions to crises that address planning, preparedness, response, and recovery in local, state, national and global tourism economies and to assist the industry with comprehensive tourism crisis management initiatives. The vision of the Tourism Crisis Management Institute is to be the premiere North American tourism crisis management institute providing innovative, scholarly, and applied research driven service to private and public sectors. [1] Quality research is facilitated through interdisciplinary teams of experts with experience and knowledge in problem solving.