Local Residents’ Attitudes Toward Reopening Inbound Tourism Amid COVID-19: A Study in Vietnam

Bình Nghiêm-Phú and Hồng Long Phạm

SAGE Open, 2022, vol. 12, issue 2, 21582440221099515

Abstract: This study examined Vietnamese local residents’ attitudes toward the reopening of their country to international tourists amid COVID-19 from March to April 2021. It began with a qualitative analysis of local residents’ opinions ( n  = 240) to identify the factors that could affect their attitudes, then continued with a review of the literature to create a theoretical model. Finally, the study implemented a structured survey to collect quantitative data ( n  = 412) to confirm the model. The outcomes revealed that “perceived vaccine efficacy†and “xenophobia†were two significant predictors of “attitude toward inbound tourism.†Implications of this study were then discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19; Vietnam; inbound tourism reopening; vaccine efficacy; xenophobia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440221099515

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