Sensation seeking and tourism: Tourist role, perception of risk and destination choice

By Andrew Lepp, H. Gibson. 2008

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Tourism Risk and Uncertainty (2015, background): “Lepp and Gibson (2008) have also demonstrated that novelty-seeking tourists were less likely than organized mass tourists to perceive a range of issues to be risky, such as health, war, and petty crime.”
News framing effects on destination risk perception (2016, unknown): “…to depend on degree of novelty seeking (Correia, Pimpao, & Crouch, 2008), self-confidence (Valencia & Crouch, 2008) sensation-seeking (Fuchs, 2011; Lepp & Gibson, 2008; Sharifpour, Walters, & Ritchie, 2013) and multi-trait factors (e.g. extroversion, venturesomeness) (Reisinger & Mavondo, 2005).”
Understanding the role of risk (perception) in destination choice: A literature review and synthesis (2017, methodology): “Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking Scale is adapted for several studies from tourism research (Pizam et al., 2004; Lepp & Gibson, 2008; Fuchs, 2013).”
Impact of health risk perception on avoidance of international travel in the wake of a pandemic (2021, background): “While safety is central to travel behavioural intention, some people, such as younger travellers and adventurous novelty seekers, will still travel to fulfil their travel motivations despite health risks (Lepp & Gibson, 2008).”
Risk and Uncertainty in Travel Decision-Making: Tourist and Destination Perspective (2018, unknown): “Lepp and Gibson (2008) find that gender is only significant for subcategories of risk that may disrupt a holiday (i.e., strangeness of food) but not for life-threatening risk factors.”
Tourism, risk tolerance and competences: Travel organization and tourism hazards ☆ (2013, background): “Also relevant here is Lepp and Gibson’s (2008) study of the role of previous experiences.”
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural tourism in Czechia Preliminary considerations (2020, background): “Adventure tourists are likely the minority (Lepp & Gibson, 2008).”
A Review of Personality Research in the Tourism and Hospitality Context (2010, background): “The findings of two studies on SS among young adults confirm that higher SS is related to explorer and drifter tourists ( Lepp & Gibson, 2008 ), and that their destination and activity choices are significantly different from those of individuals with low SS ( Pizam et al, 2004 ).”
Factors influencing tourists' revisit intentions (2010, background): “How risk associated with war and terrorism, politics and religion, health and food, petty crime and cross-cultural differences (Lepp and Gibson, 2008) may repel or attract university students requires more consideration in travel decision-making models.”
Travelers’ Health Risk Perceptions and Protective Behavior: A Psychological Approach (2017, background): “For example, high sensation seekers are more likely to be adventure travelers (Gilchrist et al. 1995) and seek out travel experiences that provide a greater degree of novelty (Lepp and Gibson 2008) compared with low sensation seekers.”
Perceptions of Risk and Travel Intentions: The Case of China and the Beijing Olympic Games (2009, background): “In reality, not all tourists perceive risk equally, in fact, some are attracted to risky situations while others are repelled (Lepp & Gibson, 2003, 2008; Pizam et al., 2002, 2004).”