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

Jian Ming Luo and Chi Fung Lam
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Jian Ming Luo: Faculty of International Tourism and Management, City University of Macau, Macau, China
Chi Fung Lam: Department of Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 21, 1-11

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: COVID-19; fear; travel anxiety; risk attitude; intention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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