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The interplay of personality traits and motivation in leisure travel decision-making during the pandemic
Authors: Sreen Naman, Tandon Anushree, Jabeen Fauzia, Srivastava Shalini, Dhir Amandeep
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2023
Journal: Tourism Management Perspectives
Journal name in source: TOURISM MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES
Journal acronym: TOUR MANAG PERSPECT
Article number: 101095
Volume: 46
Number of pages: 16
ISSN: 2211-9736
eISSN: 2211-9744
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2023.101095
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2023.101095
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/179299613
COVID-19 has negatively affected the travel and tourism industry and may continue to do so in the future. Therefore, hospitality businesses need to pay attention to consumer reactions, concerns, and motives for trav-elling in this era. This study leverages the stimulus-organism-behaviour-consequence (SOBC) model to examine psychological factors that influence Japanese travellers' intention to travel and willingness to pay premiums for safe travel by analysing data from 790 respondents. The findings of the study reveal that extraversion positively associates with introjected motivation and negatively with amotivation. Neuroticism personality type positively associates with amotivation and negatively associates with introjected motivation. Introjected motivation positively associates with perception of safe travel during COVID-19, whereas amotivation has a non-significant association with perception of safe travel during COVID-19. Perception of safe travel positively associates with intention to travel and willingness to pay premiums for safe travel. Finally, intention to travel has no effect on willingness to pay premiums for safe travel. These findings provide valuable theoretical and managerial implications.
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