1. Introduction
Safety and security today, has been identified as one of the vital global forces that drive the tourism industry. However the concept of safety and security and its relevance in global tourism has undergone a gradual change .In the first phase which is related to the period 1950-1970, there was a simplified approach in the perception of safety and security issue in tourism. The tourism security itself was a one or two dimensional notion which focused on only a few elements viz: public safety, health safety, road safety etc. The security problems were localized in time and space and concentrated on only a small number of factors. Though the security problems affected the image of the city or the country yet there was no significant impact on the image of the whole region as the travel related risks and problems were not raised on the international level of tourism industry. The national authorities had to tackle the security issues at their individual country level. The second phase pertaining to the period of 1970-1990 was a period of enlargement of security concept of tourism as