Login
Lupa
First page / Show document

Show document Help

A- | A+ | Print
Title:Perceived threat of COVID-19 and future travel avoidance : results from an early convenient sample in Slovenia
Authors:ID Turnšek, Maja (Author)
ID Brumen, Boštjan (Author)
ID Rangus, Marjetka (Author)
ID Gorenak, Mitja (Author)
ID Mekinc, Janez (Author)
ID Lešnik Štuhec, Tanja (Author)
Files:.pdf RAZ_Turnsek_Maja_i2020.pdf (217,24 KB)
MD5: B72677D73289D93A675860E6163B9FB1
 
Language:English
Work type:Unknown
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:ZUP - University of Primorska Press
Abstract:The present study provides a snapshot of Slovenian tourists' perceptions in a historically unique point of time - the early days of the covid-19-related lockdown. Based on an online survey performed in March and April 2020 the study provides first insights into Slovenian tourists% perceived threats of covid-19 on two dimensions: severity and susceptibility; how this depends on their demography and past travel experience and what, in this specific point in time, they think about future travel avoidance. The results have shown that age affects the two measured dimensions of perceived threat and future travel avoidance, but only with women. Furthermore, people who have travelled the most in the past express the least likelihood of avoidance to travel due to the covid -19 pandemic. Those who are more educated, on the other hand, perceive higher risk, yet education has no role in their expressed future travel avoidance. The results, moreover, show that the moral obligation towards taking care of others might be a highly important element in the success factor of covid-19 measures and thus future appeals by the tourism industry. Finally, the results show that we cannot easily predict how the general population will behave regarding their future travel avoidance since the opinions are not polarised in the extremes. This does indicate, however, that tourists will be susceptible to the context-specific factors of future travel decisions, such as assurances of health safety provided by the tourism industry.
Keywords:COVID-19, tourism, health threat perception, future travel avoidance, fear appeals
Year of publishing:2020
Number of pages:str. 3-19, 117
Numbering:Year 13, no. 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUP-14665 This link opens in a new window
UDC:338.48-14:616.9(497.4)
ISSN on article:1855-3303
DOI:10.26493/2335-4194.13.3-19 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:22247427 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUP:14.12.2020
Views:2183
Downloads:61
Metadata:XML DC-XML DC-RDF
:
TURNŠEK, Maja, BRUMEN, Boštjan, RANGUS, Marjetka, GORENAK, Mitja, MEKINC, Janez and LEŠNIK ŠTUHEC, Tanja, 2020, Perceived threat of COVID-19 and future travel avoidance : results from an early convenient sample in Slovenia. Academica turistica. tourism & innovation journal [online]. 2020. Vol. 13, no. 1, p. 3–19, 117. [Accessed 12 April 2025]. DOI 10.26493/2335-4194.13.3-19. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.upr.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=14665
Copy citation
  
Average score:
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
(0 votes)
Your score:Voting is allowed only for logged in users.
Share:Bookmark and Share


Hover the mouse pointer over a document title to show the abstract or click on the title to get all document metadata.

Record is a part of a journal

Title:Academica turistica. tourism & innovation journal
Publisher:Turistica, Turistica, University of Primorska Press
ISSN:1855-3303
COBISS.SI-ID:237856768 This link opens in a new window

Secondary language

Language:Slovenian
Keywords:COVID-19, turizem, potovanja, zdravje, strah


Comments

Leave comment

You must log in to leave a comment.

Comments (0)
0 - 0 / 0
 
There are no comments!

Back
Logos of partners University of Maribor University of Ljubljana University of Primorska University of Nova Gorica