an issue-attention cycle of political attention to policy issues and the manner in which these are played out. Several stages of the cycle are identified and related to the post September 11 aftermath. The cycle suggests that a five stage pattern of policy attention will be followed: pre-problem stage, alarmed discovery and euphoric enthusiasm, realisation of the cost of significant progress, gradual decline of intense public interest and the post-problem stage. The model suggests that current adoption of post September 11 security measures will likely cease to find political support once the perceived terrorist threat receives less attention in the media and, related to this, the voting public. - C. Michael Hall (2002) Travel Safety, Terrorism and the Media: The Significance of the Issue-Attention Cycle, Current Issues in Tourism, 5:5, 458-466, DOI: 10.1080/13683500208667935