Community-Based
Fire Management (CBFiM)
GFMC Reports on Tourism and Fires –
selected examples starting with the most recent events:Wildfire aftermath likely to leave dozens of BWCA campsites closed when season opens in MN (11 March 2012)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2012/03/news_20120311_usa1.htm
Travel advice Portugal Forest Fires (29 July 2011)
Warning by Österreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad-und Touring Club (ÖAMTC) (PDF, 33 KB)Mt. Pulag off limits to trekkers to prevent forest fires (12 March 2010)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2010/03/news_20100312_ph.htmFears bushfire ratings stopping tourists (17 February 2010)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2010/02/news_20100217_au.htmForest fire continues to rage in a Nagaland valley (11 January 2010)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2010/01/news_20100111_in.htmBushfire fears hit country tourism (14 December 2009)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2009/12/news_20091214_au3.htmFire on La Palma, Canary Islands (04 August 2009)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GFMCnew/2009/08/0804/20090804_es.htmBritish holidaymakers flee and celebrities' homes threatened as fires rage across Mediterranean resorts (27 June 2009)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2009/07/news_20090727_seu2.htmWildfires in Sardinia Kill Two; Temperature Tops 100 (27 June 2009)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2009/07/news_20090727_it.htmGovt Warning: Chiang Mai Can Damage Your Health (12 March 2009)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2009/03/news_20090312_th.htm200 tourists rescued from forest fire (10 March 2009)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2009/03/news_20090310_in.htmFire Rages Near Uruguay Beach Resort (02 January 2009)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2009/01/news_20090102_ur.htmForest Fires Force Evacuation of Croatian Resort (22 September 2008)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2008/09/news_20080922_cr.htmForest fires destroy 10,000 hectares in Turkey's Antalya, one dead (03 August 2008)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2008/08/news_20080803_tk2.htmTurkish forest fires devastate tourist region (03 August 2008)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2008/08/news_20080803_tk3.htmCanadian tourist couple died in veld fire, police say (28 June 2008)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2008/06/news_20080628_sa.htmKangaroo Island tourism suffering (01 April 2008)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2008/01/news_20080401_au5.htmBush fire engulfs Kenyan wildlife park (23 February 2008)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2008/02/news_20080223_kn.htmUSA: A Tale of Two Tahoes: Tourists on Beaches; Elsewhere, Destruction (29 June 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/06/news_20070629_us.htmIndonesia: Eco-tourism At Risk in Indonesia (18 June 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/06/news_20070627_in.htmUSA: Catalina Invites Tourists Back After Wildfire (4 June 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/06/news_20070606_us3.htmIndonesia: ‘No easy solution’ to Indonesian haze woes (21 April 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/04/news_20070424_ind.htmAustralia: Bushfire areas reopen for long-weekend tourists (6 April 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/04/news_20070406_au.htmThailand: Air quality in Chiang Mai improves (30 March 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/04/news_20070402_thai.htmAustralia: National park ravaged by bushfire (13 February 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/02/news_20070216_au3.htmAustralia: Planning laws fail to protect us from bushfire (7 February 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/02/news_20070207_au2.htmAustralia: Victoria's Hermit Mt bushfire contained (31 January 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/02/news_20070204_au2.htmAustralia: Bracks pledges extra $4m for bushfire affected tourism (31 January 2007)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2007/01/news_20070201_au.htmUSA: Evacuations ordered for wildfire (27 August 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/08/news_20060828_usa4.htmFrance: Forest fire rages near French tourist mecca (15 August 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/08/news_20060815_fr.htmFrance: Incendie: plus de 4.000 personnes évacuées dans le Var (14 August 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/08/news_20060815_fr2.htmSpain: Forest fires damage Stone Age paintings, carvings (12 August 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/08/news_20060812_es10.htmAustralia: Tourist lost escaping from bushfire (10 August 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/08/news_20060810_au.htmUSA: Fire Not Deterring Hoodsport Tourists (5 August 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/08/news_20060806_usa2.htmUSA: Grand Canyon North Rim closed to tourism, travel (30 June 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/07/news_20060703_us2.htmAustralia: New ad campaign launched for Grampians tourism (19 June 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/06/news_20060620_au.htmMexico: Forest fire damages Yucatan ruins in Mexico (15 May 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/05/news_20060518_mex.htmMexico: Incendios forestales amenazan a balneario mexicano de Cancún (30 April 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/05/news_20060501_mex.htmAustralia: Bushfire tourism only hope for Grampians (6 February 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/02/news_20060206_au.htmSouth Africa: Huge veld fires wreak havoc at top tourism spots (2 February 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/02/news_20060202_za2.htmSouth Africa: Tourist held for starting blaze with cigarette (27 January 2006)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2006/01/news_20060127_za2.htmMalaysia: HAZE WATCH: Be prepared for return of the haze (19 August 2005)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2005/news_20050821_my.htmSpain: At least 11 people killed at forest fire in central Spain (18 July 2005)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2005/news_20050718_es4.htmFrance: Incendie sur la Côte d'Azur: quelque 5.000 campeurs évacués (5 July 2005)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2005/news_20050706_fr.htmPeru: Incendio forestal pone en peligro complejo arqueológico de Machu Picchu (5 July 2005)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2005/news_20050706_pe.htmChile: Tourists affected by forest fire in Torres del Paine National Park (February 2005)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2005/news_20050224_ch2.htm
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2005/news_20050224_ch.htmNew Zealand: Bush blaze has tourists beating a retreat (January 2005)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2005/news_20050128_nz.htmFire, smoke and tourists in Malaysia (June 2004)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GFMCnew/2004/0625/20040625_sea.htmTourists affected by wildfires in Mediterranean Europe (August 2003)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GFMCnew/2003/0801/20030801_southern_europe.htmhttp://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GFMCnew/2003/0819/20030819_southern_europe.htm
France: Three tourist camping sites in the community of Agay were evacuated (July 2003)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/GFMCnew/2003/0726/20030726_france.htmIndonesia: World's largest lizard and tourist sites get some help against fire destruction (February 2003)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2003/news_20030211_id.htmFire and smoke threatening Malaysia Grand Prix (March 2002)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/current/archive/sea/2002/03/sea_03222002.htmTourist sector threatened by bush and forest fires in Australia (January 2002)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/current/archive/aus/2002/01/aus_01082002.htmU.S.A.: 17 hikers and backpackers in Washington were airlifted to safety (August 2001)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/media/2003/news_08212001_us.htmThird Memorandum and chronic of a catastrophic forest fire on Samos Island (Greece) (July 2000)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/current/archive/gr/2000/07/gr_07252000.htmForest fires in the U.S.A: Tourist sites closed (August 2000)
http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/current/archive/us/2000/08/us_08092000.htm