TY - JOUR
T1 - The dynamics of travel avoidance
T2 - The case of Ebola in the U.S.
AU - Cahyanto, Ignatius
AU - Wiblishauser, Michael
AU - Pennington-Gray, Lori
AU - Schroeder, Ashley
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - The study examined factors that influenced Americans' avoidance of domestic travel due to confirmed cases of Ebola in the United States in late 2014. The Health Belief Model served as a theoretical framework for the study. Data were generated from 1613 Americans from an online survey. Perceived susceptibility and self-efficacy were found to significantly influence domestic travel avoidance. The findings also supported the significant role of perceived risk, subjective knowledge, age, and gender. Given the possibility that an Ebola outbreak may reemerge in the future and the emergence of additional health-related crises (e.g., Zika virus), the findings may also aid the tourism industry in planning for and responding to other health pandemics.
AB - The study examined factors that influenced Americans' avoidance of domestic travel due to confirmed cases of Ebola in the United States in late 2014. The Health Belief Model served as a theoretical framework for the study. Data were generated from 1613 Americans from an online survey. Perceived susceptibility and self-efficacy were found to significantly influence domestic travel avoidance. The findings also supported the significant role of perceived risk, subjective knowledge, age, and gender. Given the possibility that an Ebola outbreak may reemerge in the future and the emergence of additional health-related crises (e.g., Zika virus), the findings may also aid the tourism industry in planning for and responding to other health pandemics.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tmp.2016.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.tmp.2016.09.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84987881672
SN - 2211-9736
VL - 20
SP - 195
EP - 203
JO - Tourism Management Perspectives
JF - Tourism Management Perspectives
ER -