U.S, April 3 -- Security and safety issues, mixed with issues around energy, ecology, and sustainability, have and will continue to play major roles in the development of travel and tourism.

These challenges do not pertain solely to the tourism and travel industry. The travel and tourism industries, however, are to a great extent dependent on disposable income. For example, when nations around the world face difficult economic hurdles, these economic problems disproportionately impact travel and tourism not only on the leisure side but even from the perspective of the business traveler. The same is true regarding issues of safety and security.

It is not unfair to state that when world economies catch a cold, the travel and tourism indu...