Travel risk perception and travel behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic 2020: a case study of the DACH region

Larissa Neuburger and Roman Egger

Current Issues in Tourism, 2021, vol. 24, issue 7, 1003-1016

Abstract: The study examined the relationship between perception of COVID-19, travel risk perception and travel behaviour among travellers in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) – an important tourism market and, after Italy, the second region in Europe that was impacted by COVID-19. Data were collected at two points of time: the sample of the study in Period 1 (n = 1158) was collected at a critical point in time in the beginning of March 2020, when Italy was already massively affected by COVID-19; the sample of the study in Period 2 (n = 212) was collected two weeks later, when Europe has seen immense impacts and COVID-19 was declared a pandemic. Cluster analysis was performed and defined three unique clusters in both periods with distinctive characteristics. In addition, results revealed a significant increase in risk perception of COVID-19, travel risk perception and travel behaviour over a short period of time.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2020.1803807

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