COVID-19 and Beyond: understanding travel risk perception as a process

Jahari, Siti Aqilah; Yang, I-Chieh Michelle; French, Juliana; Ahmed, Pervaiz K.

doi:10.1080/02508281.2021.1937450

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“…While previous studies mainly focused on the dark side of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel motivation and intention, our study fills the knowledge gap of the bright side of positive COVID-19 information. The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to alter the ways in which tourists assess risks and form their risk perception ( Jahari et al, 2021 ). Different from the general positive information perception (e.g., good service quality), COVID-19 positive information perception relates to travelers’ first priority health and safety.…”

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“…Tourists’ perceptions of risk information further aggravate the psychological barriers to travel to risky areas ( Rittichainuwat and Chakraborty, 2009 ). The unique characteristics of COVID-19 have altered the risk perceptions associated with destinations ( Jahari et al, 2021 ). Travelers’ risk perception predicts their information-seeking process, which helps them to accumulate the risk information that influences their travel intentions ( Meng et al, 2021 ).…”

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The Impact of Perceptions of Positive COVID-19 Information on Travel Motivation and Intention: Evidence From Chinese University Students

Liu

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Front. Psychol.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the tourism industry in various ways, including tourists’ travel motivations and intentions. Unlike previous studies that have focused on the dark side of the pandemic, this study adds the dimension of perceptions of positive information on COVID-19 to the Theory of Planned Behavior to explore their influence on travel motivation and intention. A total of 470 valid questionnaires were collected from a sample of Chinese university students. The results showed that the students’ perceptions of positive COVID-19 information positively impacted their travel intentions through the variables of perceived behavioral control, travel attitudes, and travel motivations. Perceived behavioral control was the mediating variable that most explained the impact of perceptions of positive COVID-19 information on travel motivation and intention. This study contributes to the understanding of the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on tourism and of university students’ travel motivations and intentions. It also offers implications for the tourism industry to formulate relevant recovery strategies during and after the pandemic.

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The Impact of Perceptions of Positive COVID-19 Information on Travel Motivation and Intention: Evidence From Chinese University Students

Liu

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Front. Psychol.

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“…A study conducted by Wang [26] on disaster-hit destinations in Taiwan pointed out that tourists' perceptions of equipment risk, natural risk, and social risk negatively influence their destination image, which is a strong determinant of their travel intention. More recently, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, work related to the impact of the pandemic on travel willingness, behavior, and intention has become more important with the increasing attention of tourism scholars [27][28][29][30].…”

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Can Senior Travelers Save Japanese Hot Springs? A Psychographic Segmentation of Visitors and Their Intention to Visit Onsen Establishments during COVID-19

Handler

2022

Sustainability

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To develop tourism products and campaigns that will not just help Japanese hot springs survive but revive and sustain them in the future, it is imperative to understand the behavioral intentions of its visitors during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aims to investigate how the important market of senior Japanese visitors is characterized by their attitudes and feelings toward visiting hot springs during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, it explores whether external travel incentives can increase seniors’ intention to visit. A market research study was conducted on Japanese nationals, using 507 questionnaires. A factor analysis generated five attitude dimensions: (1) response efficacy, (2) perceived COVID-19 infectability, (3) self-efficacy, (4) crowding perception and feeling, and (5) perceived threat severity. Through k-means cluster analysis, the segmentation produced three distinct tourist segments: trusting seniors, concerned seniors, and indifferent seniors. Each segment is clearly described in terms of attitudes, considering distinct sociodemographic characteristics. Practical suggestions on managing and targeting these segments are also discussed.

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“…These measures also fulfil the criteria in place today to control the spread of COVID-19. Cross-border travel restrictions affect over 90 percent of the world's population [34]. One hundred fifty-six nations that are destinations for international tourism have put total border closure in place for the first time in June 2020, as reported by the World Tourist Organization [35].…”

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Conceptualizing Post-COVID-19 Malaysia’s Tourism Recovery: An Auto-Regressive Neural Network Analysis

2021

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The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) has significantly affected the tourism industry. Tourist destinations have adopted emergency measures and restrictions that have affected the mobility of individuals around the world. This study aims to analyze the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the tourism industry in Malaysia and its overall economic performance. This research used an extensive set of statistical tests, including a newly constructed Auto-Regressive Neural Network-ADF (ARNN-ADF) test, to determine if foreign visitor arrivals from 10 main source markets in Malaysia will revert to normal. Secondary data from various government published sources were used in this conceptual methodology technique for this study. Based on the research results and exploratory research of the literature, we listed in a synthesizing manner several measures to ensure the resilience of the tourism sector during the COVID-19 pandemic period. This research makes a significant contribution to the literature in terms of validating a new framework that emphasizes the effects of tourists that are largely transitory. In conclusion, this conceptual study will further help the authorities to take precautions and the best policy to be implemented in the future. Doi: 10.28991/esj-2021-SPER-10 Full Text: PDF

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COVID-19 and Beyond: understanding travel risk perception as a process

Cited by 13 publications

References 116 publications

The Impact of Perceptions of Positive COVID-19 Information on Travel Motivation and Intention: Evidence From Chinese University Students

The Impact of Perceptions of Positive COVID-19 Information on Travel Motivation and Intention: Evidence From Chinese University Students

Can Senior Travelers Save Japanese Hot Springs? A Psychographic Segmentation of Visitors and Their Intention to Visit Onsen Establishments during COVID-19

Conceptualizing Post-COVID-19 Malaysia’s Tourism Recovery: An Auto-Regressive Neural Network Analysis

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