The potential impact of the Millennium Bug on tourism

Robert Douglas McKercher; Ilena Young

doi:10.1016/S0261-5177(99)00016-3

The potential impact of the Millennium Bug on tourism

Robert Douglas McKercher, Ilena Young

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Abstract

The Millennium Bug, or Year 2000 Problem (Y2K), is a computer programming malfunction where dates are presented in a two digit format. On January 1,2000, the date will appear as 00 and will cause many computers and software packages to read the date as 1900. Affected systems and electronic equipment may shut down, not start, produce erroneous information or produce inaccurate calculations. This paper discusses the potential effects of Y2K on tourism. It highlights two significant issues that place the tourism industry especially at risk from Y2K: the complex, networked nature of tourism that may cause many systems to crash in 2000, and the fickle nature of tourist behaviour that will prompt many people to modify or cancel their travel plans for fear that tourism will be unsafe at the start of the new Millennium.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	533-537
Number of pages	5
Journal	Tourism Management
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5177(99)00016-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1999

Keywords

Technology
Tourism
Y2K

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Development
Transportation
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Strategy and Management

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