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Travel Anxiety and Intentions to Travel Internationally

Implications of Travel Risk Perception

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ID23366148
AuthorsYvette Reisinger (Tourism Research International, Massachusetts, corresponding author), Felix Mavondo (0000-0001-9622-1331, Department of Marketing at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume43
Issue3
Pages212-225
Publication date2005-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTravel Research Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0147-2399 • E-ISSN: 1552-6763
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0047287504272017
OpenAlexW2111718907
LanguageEN
Citations received253
References cited70

This article investigates the impact of cultural and psychographic factors on perceptions of travel risk, anxiety, and intentions to travel internationally. The study involved 246 Australian and 336 foreign respondents who were surveyed as to their cultural orientation, personality, lifestyle, travel motivation, risk and safety perception, anxiety, and intentions to travel. The results of a path analysis showed that the travel risk perception was a function of cultural orientation and psychographic factors in both samples, and anxiety was a function of type of perceived risk. The terrorism and sociocultural risk emerged as the most significant predictors of travel anxiety. Intentions to travel internationally were determined by travel anxiety levels and level of perceived safety. Implications for future research and marketing practices are discussed.

Advertising · Anxiety · Business · Geography · Perception · Personality · Political science · Psychographic · Risk perception · Sociocultural evolution · Terrorism · Tourism · Transport engineering · Travel behavior · Engineering · Marketing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Travel-related health issues

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