Citation

Fuchs G, Efrat-Treister D, Westphal M. Tour. Manage. 2024; 100: e104809.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2024, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.tourman.2023.104809

PMID

37387777

PMCID

PMC10290809

Abstract

We investigate how risk perceptions and psychological distance impacted people's travel intentions during Covid-19. Our findings reveal that traveling to a high-risk destination increased people's risk perceptions of Covid-19, and their risk perceptions at the destination, which, in turn, reduced people's travel intentions. We identify temporal, spatial, and social distance (the "when, where, and with whom" of traveling) as moderators of these effects; while social distance moderates the effect of risk, on risk perceptions, temporal and spatial distance moderate the effect of risk perceptions on travel intentions. We outline theoretical contributions and implications for tourism during crisis.

Language: en

Keywords

Tourism; Risk perception; Covid-19; Construal level theory; Psychological distance; Travel intention