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The tourism industry has a priority for the economic development of many countries in the world. The growing importance of the tourism industry, however, puts tourist destinations in front of a new challenge, which is terrorism. Starting from the new realities, this study explores the link between the risk of terrorism and the income from international tourism in Europe and the United States. The survey is a panel one and includes 37 countries. The empirical analysis is based on the regression crosssection analysis and the Granger Causality tests. The conclusion that is being made is that the risk of terrorism, respectively the terrorism, does not impact negatively on the tourism and the incomes from international tourism. The main argument is that the terrorism has its' creatively - destructive effect, which acts as an allocation of uncertainty in the different geographic regions, that are revised as a system of tourist destinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research background: Today's world is torn between extreme conservatism and duality, in opposition, trying to break the classical framework of freedom in the movement of people. In the context of complex global relations, this impulse, especially related to the travels for tourism purposes, raises new issues concerning the safety and security. The tourism industry has a priority for the economic development of many countries in the world and is a large source of export earnings and, at the same time, an important factor in the balance of payments of a significant part of the national economies in the world. The growing importance of the tourism industry, however, puts tourist destinations worldwide at the forefront of new challenges, one of which is terrorism. In this environment, new relationships are emerging and this reflects on the development strategies, as well as on the financial outcomes of tourism industry which are also largely affected. Purpose of the article: Respecting the new realities, the study explores the link between the risk of terrorism and the revenues from international tourism. Its main purpose is to investigate the impact of terrorism on the financial revenues from tourism in the European countries and the United States. The research is deter-mined by the perception that the financial flows from the international tourism are the quantitative manifestation of the hidden effects of the terrorism. Methods: The research method includes a regression cross-section analysis and Granger Causality test. The survey is panel and includes 37 countries from Europe tourism region and the United States from Americas' tourism region (according UNWTO) for the period 2012-2017. Findings & Value added: In conclusion, the effects of terrorism on the studied regions have been summarized, establishing dependence between terrorism and tourism, which illustrates a specific creative-destructive reflections of terrorism on tourism with regions particularities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]