When, where, and with whom during crisis: The effect of risk perceptions and psychological distance on travel intentions
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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.
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Tourism Management 100 (2024)
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Tourism Risk perception Travel intention Construal level theory Psychological distance Covid-19 A B S T R A C T 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 crisi