Impact of COVID-19 on destination choice: an empirical study on sociodemographic determinants of future travel behaviour

Sinha, Satyajit; Nair, Bipithalal Balakrishnan

doi:10.1080/13032917.2020.1839523

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“…We found that most of the empirical research was carried out in Indonesia (n 5 12) (Afriani and Sugiarto, 2020;Alwi et al, 2022;Azis et al, 2020;Bustan and Setiawan, 2021;Kadir et al, 2020;Lemy et al, 2020;Pinem et al, 2021;Sianipar et al, 2021;Sihotang and Sukaatmadja, 2021;Sitinjak et al, 2021;Sukaatmadja et al, 2022;Zainuddin et al, 2022). After that, 7 studies were based on the data collected from China (Agyeiwaah et al, 2021;Cai et al, 2021a;Han et al, 2021;Hu and Xu, 2021;Jiang et al, 2022;Riestyaningrum et al, 2020;Zeng and Li, 2021) followed by the Malaysia (n 5 5) (Ahmad et al, 2021a, b;Hanafiah et al, 2021;Ramli et al, 2021;Tiam Chin et al, 2021) and India (n 5 4) (Gupta et al, 2021;Kour et al, 2021;Rather, 2021a, b) and in Korea (n 5 4) (Shin et al, 2022;Sinha and Nair, 2021;Yoo et al, 2022;Yu et al, 2021). We also noted that three studies were conducted in the USA context (Chua et al, 2020(Chua et al, , 2021Milman et al, 2020;Rasoolimanesh et al, 2021).…”

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“…Furthermore, socio-demographic variables (Gender, marital status, education and monthly income), functional value, contextual value, emotional value, cognitive value, economic value, are more significant drivers of tourist post-COVID-19 travel intention. Past studies found that the above-mentioned factors are a positive effect on post-COVID-19 travel intention towards the destination (Rasoolimanesh et al, 2021;Sinha and Nair, 2021;Zeng and Li, 2021). However, some previous studies found that perceived positive impact of COVID-19, positive emotion, emotional attachment, brand humanization, shared emotions, perceived response efforts, physical factors, socio-psychological factors, financial factors, physical, socio-psychological and financial drivers have a direct and positive effect on tourist travel intention (Agyeiwaah et al, 2021;Ahmad et al, 2020bAhmad et al, , 2021aChua et al, 2021;Hang et al, 2020).…”

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Drivers and barriers of travel behaviors during and post COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review and future agenda

Ahmad

Harun²,

Khizar³

et al. 2022

JTF

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the drivers and barriers of travel behavior associated with tourist behavior during/post-COVID-19 pandemic to provide a knowledge base as well as an agenda for future research.Design/methodology/approachThe authors utilized the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) technique for searching the articles published in Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus, to identify the main drivers and barriers affecting the tourist behavior during/post-COVID-19 pandemic. Eventually, 47 articles were chosen for the final analysis.FindingsThe findings are reported in three sections, (1) quantitative research profile, (2) qualitative synthesis and (3) future agenda. This study addresses the nuanced questions regarding the significant change in tourist travel behavior, emotional dynamics and a detailed understanding of mechanisms, such as which drivers and barriers affect tourist behavior in a particular destination. Drivers and barriers to tourist travel behavior were characterized in personal-related, destination-related, and health-related factors. Moreover, this study provides thought-provoking ideas in theory, policy and practice in the field of tourism and hospitality.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has three limitations, as follows. First, the authors searched only two databases, Scopus and Web of Science, due to which the authors might be missing some related studies existing on the other databases. Although these databases provide an extensive range of academic literature, further studies could extend the data collection from the other databases (e.g. via Taylor & Francis). However, our systematic literature review (SLR) coverage is quite extensive, since journals are listed on these three main databases. Second, the authors followed a main study search protocol based on the synonyms and related keywords, however, some of the studies that may be related to the tourist behavior towards the destination are missing on account of the lack of our keywords in there, title, author, keyword and abstract. Furthermore, future research could endeavor to add other keywords to expand the results of studies. Third, although the accurate analysis was conducted to reduce subjectivity in identifying themes for drivers and barriers of tourist behavior, future studies on categorization could work to ensure that other sub-themes categorize.Practical implicationsThe recent study has some key practical implications. First, this study is valuable for all the stakeholders in a unique way, including destination managers, academicians and policymakers, because it provides insight into barriers and drivers that influence the development of tourist behavior towards the destination. Second, the current study also offers practical implications for people involved in tourism service industries including governments and private businesses. Policymakers and other leaders are increasingly interested in harnessing the economic potential of tourism. Therefore, identifying the barrier which is inhibiting the tourist traffic towards the destination is beneficial to understand and effectively develop strategies to minimize the effect of such factors. Moreover, drivers and barriers of tourist behavior towards the destination in the COVID-19 pandemic situation towards the destination may help to create a framework for the development of destinations according to the current vulnerable situation. Third, current findings suggest that tourism marketers understand the drivers and barrier constructs found in this study and tailor their marketing strategies for attracting existing and new tourists. For instance, marketers should understand the drivers and barriers of tourist behavior for effective strategy development to increase the positive effect of drivers and to reduce the negative effect of barriers.Originality/valueThis is the first systematic literature review on the impact of drivers and barriers of tourist travel behavior. This paper analyses the methods and approaches that have been used in the previous literature to examine the drivers and barriers of tourist travel behavior. The paper ends with the research implication and limitations of the studies.

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Section: Theoretical Perspectivesmentioning

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Drivers and barriers of travel behaviors during and post COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review and future agenda

Ahmad

Harun²,

Khizar³

et al. 2022

JTF

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“…Previous research has demonstrated the impact of risk perception on people's decision and behavior (Li & Tang, 2019;Reisinger & Mavondo, 2005). The destination choice behavior is also related to risk perception (Han et al, 2020;Sinha & Nair, 2021). Besides, some studies have pointed out that the effect of risk perception on destination choice behavior can vary depending on personal characteristics (Karl, Muskat, & Ritchie, 2020;Sönmez & Graefe, 1998;Ramkissoon & Nunkoo, 2010).…”

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A seemingly unrelated regression model of the impact of COVID-19 risk perception on urban leisure place choices

Kim

2021

IRSPSD International

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Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and various restrictions, peoples' leisure activity patterns significantly change. Thus, it is necessary to understand how people's travel and leisure behaviors have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is still a lack of empirical evidence on how individuals' COVID-19 risk perception influences their leisure destination choice behavior. This empirical study aims to confirm the relationship between risk perception of COVID-19 and choice of leisure destination and to explore any differences between them related to demographic characteristics. A total of 537 valid samples were used for SUR model analysis by conducting an online survey targeting citizens of the Seoul metropolitan area, Korea. Our findings show that the risk perception of COVID-19 has a significant effect on the choice of leisure places. In particular, the risk perception of COVID-19 has a positive effect on the choice of natural places, disinfected areas, and socially distanced spaces while negatively influencing the choice of crowded leisure places. In addition, age and gender are more effective factors than other control variables in COVID-19 risk perception and leisure destination choices. Furthermore, this study also provides several implications for urban leisure place planners and service providers to respond to the changing leisure activity patterns caused by

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“…This signifies that people from different age groups have different histories, wishes & preferences and hence will exhibit different types of behaviour. According to Sinha and Nair (2021) tourist behaviour is affected by sociodemographic factors like age, gender, marital status, education & income etc. Similarly, Point (2022) identified that several factors that affect tourist behaviour are 'place of origin', 'education' and 'social factors'.…”

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Does Demographic Factor Affect Tourist Behaviour? Findings From the Religious Site of Jagannath Dham, India

Sahoo¹,

Mohanty²

2022

GTG

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According to a report by UNWTO 'Asia and the pacific region' is considered as the core of the world's religious tourism as half of the world's religious voyages take place in this region only. In this context the 'Great India temples' play a major role in attracting crores of pilgrims along with the tourists of varied interests. These tourists exhibit different types of behaviour during their travel. As the behaviour is largely dependent upon the tourists' nature (belief, trust, motivation), place of residence, state, age, education etc, hence analyzing the same will help the Destination Management Organisations (DMOs) for 'planning, development and marketing' of its products and services in a better way. The current research intends to find out the demographic profile of the tourists visiting Jagannath Dham, Puri (India) and analyse the 'socio-religious behaviour' of the tourists from their demographic characteristics to provide suggestive measures for the development of the destination. The responses from the tourists (404) were collected through a structured questionnaire via convenience sampling. Initially, the demographic profile was analysed through percentage analysis and later the behavioural analysis was carried out by testing the instrument's reliability through (α), and the sample's adequacy via KMO & Bartlett's test. Later the factors were reduced via PCA and analysed through Levene's test, ANOVA & Post-Hoc tests. From the analysis, it was observed that behavioural characteristics are significantly associated only with the 'state of the residence' and 'nature of residence' of the travelers. Whereas other demographic factors like age, education, gender, and marital status are not significantly affecting the tourist behaviour. The results revealed that people from 'all age groups' show a very little dependency on the temple staff but 'moderate to high interest' in local culture. While metropolitan tourists don't show much desire in partaking Mahaprashada (the religious food offering of the temple), the rural people are less 'adhering to rituals' in comparison to the metropolitan and semi-urban tourists. Apart from this, there were few other revelations based on which suggestions have been given which were if implemented will certainly result in attracting more number of tourist to the destination.

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Impact of COVID-19 on destination choice: an empirical study on sociodemographic determinants of future travel behaviour

Cited by 18 publications

References 13 publications

Drivers and barriers of travel behaviors during and post COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review and future agenda

Drivers and barriers of travel behaviors during and post COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic literature review and future agenda

A seemingly unrelated regression model of the impact of COVID-19 risk perception on urban leisure place choices

Does Demographic Factor Affect Tourist Behaviour? Findings From the Religious Site of Jagannath Dham, India

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