Travel Anxiety, Risk Attitude and Travel Intentions towards "Travel Bubble" Destinations in Hong Kong: Effect of the Fear of COVID-19

The impacts of COVID-19 are massive. Global tourism is one of the industries that is heavily affected. "Travel bubble", a recent term initiated by travel operators, is a programme that allows tourists to travel to countries nearby without quarantine requirements. This study investigates th...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2020-10, Vol.17 (21), p.7859
Main Authors: Luo, Jian Ming, Lam, Chi Fung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Attitude
Attitudes
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Emotions
Fear
Female
Hong Kong - epidemiology
Humans
Hypotheses
Information sources
Intention
Male
Medical research
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Physiology
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - psychology
Quantitative psychology
Quarantine
SARS-CoV-2
Tourism
Travel
Travel - psychology
Young Adult
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Summary:The impacts of COVID-19 are massive. Global tourism is one of the industries that is heavily affected. "Travel bubble", a recent term initiated by travel operators, is a programme that allows tourists to travel to countries nearby without quarantine requirements. This study investigates the relationship amongst fear of COVID-19, travel anxiety, risk attitude and travel intention towards "travel bubble" destinations. Results show that fear of COVID-19, travel anxiety and risk attitude negatively impact travel intention. Furthermore, travel anxiety and risk attitude moderate the indirect impacts between fear of COVID-19 and travel intention. Future research and implications of practices are presented.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph17217859