Residents’ perceived risk, emotional solidarity, and support for tourism amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

By Dongoh Joo, Wenjie Xu, Ju‐Hee Lee, Choong‐Ki Lee, K. Woosnam. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 2021

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Due to the spread of COVID-19 and restrictions on international travel, popular destinations around the world have experienced an influx of domestic tourists. Regardless of the economic benefits that tourists could bring, residents have expressed their concerns about the health risks that would accompany tourists. Residents are not risk-proof or risk-tolerant, but the literature to date has overlooked the relevance and importance of residents' perceived risk associated with tourists. Addressing this research gap, this study investigated how residents’ perceived risk, emotional solidarity, and support for tourism were interrelated amid the pandemic. It was found that perceived risk was negatively associated with emotional solidarity and support for tourism, and emotional solidarity had a positive impact on support for tourism. Also, emotional solidarity was a partial mediator between perceived risk and support for tourism. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed within the closing of the article.

Subfields: Demography, Sociology and Political Science

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Destination image during the COVID-19 pandemic and future travel behavior: The moderating role of past experience (2021, methodology): “…solidarity (five items) (Arora et al., 2020; Tomasini, 2021; West-Oram, 2021), willingness to support a destination (four items) (Chen & Tsai, 2007; Joo et al., 2021; Prayag et al., 2017), and travel intention (three items) (Zenker et al., 2019) were adapted from previous studies (See Appendix 1…”