Personality Traits That Affect Travel Intentions during Pandemic COVID-19: The Case Study of Serbia

The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has enormous effects on peoples’ lives and on the global economy. The outbreak and effects of COVID-19 have resulted in fears, concerns, and anxiety among people all around the world. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the fear of COVID-1...

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Autores principales: Jelena Tepavčević, Ivana Blešić, Marko D. Petrović, Svetlana Vukosav, Milan Bradić, Vuk Garača, Tamara Gajić, Dobrila Lukić
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5467c1345c0842f38bd9ae9b07f073a62021-11-25T19:04:51ZPersonality Traits That Affect Travel Intentions during Pandemic COVID-19: The Case Study of Serbia10.3390/su1322128452071-1050https://doaj.org/article/5467c1345c0842f38bd9ae9b07f073a62021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/22/12845https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has enormous effects on peoples’ lives and on the global economy. The outbreak and effects of COVID-19 have resulted in fears, concerns, and anxiety among people all around the world. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the fear of COVID-19, travel anxiety, and travel intention among residents in Serbia. In addition to the above, the aim of the study was to examine the impact of personality traits on the fear of COVID-19, travel anxiety, and travel intentions. To enhance the understanding of the relationship between the mentioned variables, this study proposes a research model based on the use of measurement scales from the existing studies to develop the questionnaire. The standard paper-and-pen survey was used for data collection from the respondents from Serbia. The total sample include 987 respondents. It was determined that Travel intention was negatively influenced by Neuroticism and Conscientiousness, but positively by Extroversion and Openness. The supposed Agreeableness did not have a significant effect on Travel intention. This study contributes to understanding the respondents’ behavior during pandemic of COVID-19, and their responses to the crisis according to their personality traits might have practical implications in the travel sector.Jelena TepavčevićIvana BlešićMarko D. PetrovićSvetlana VukosavMilan BradićVuk GaračaTamara GajićDobrila LukićMDPI AGarticlepersonality traitstravel intentionCOVID-19pandemictravel anxietyEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12845, p 12845 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic personality traits
travel intention
COVID-19
pandemic
travel anxiety
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
spellingShingle personality traits
travel intention
COVID-19
pandemic
travel anxiety
Environmental effects of industries and plants
TD194-195
Renewable energy sources
TJ807-830
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Jelena Tepavčević
Ivana Blešić
Marko D. Petrović
Svetlana Vukosav
Milan Bradić
Vuk Garača
Tamara Gajić
Dobrila Lukić
Personality Traits That Affect Travel Intentions during Pandemic COVID-19: The Case Study of Serbia
description The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has enormous effects on peoples’ lives and on the global economy. The outbreak and effects of COVID-19 have resulted in fears, concerns, and anxiety among people all around the world. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between the fear of COVID-19, travel anxiety, and travel intention among residents in Serbia. In addition to the above, the aim of the study was to examine the impact of personality traits on the fear of COVID-19, travel anxiety, and travel intentions. To enhance the understanding of the relationship between the mentioned variables, this study proposes a research model based on the use of measurement scales from the existing studies to develop the questionnaire. The standard paper-and-pen survey was used for data collection from the respondents from Serbia. The total sample include 987 respondents. It was determined that Travel intention was negatively influenced by Neuroticism and Conscientiousness, but positively by Extroversion and Openness. The supposed Agreeableness did not have a significant effect on Travel intention. This study contributes to understanding the respondents’ behavior during pandemic of COVID-19, and their responses to the crisis according to their personality traits might have practical implications in the travel sector.
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author Jelena Tepavčević
Ivana Blešić
Marko D. Petrović
Svetlana Vukosav
Milan Bradić
Vuk Garača
Tamara Gajić
Dobrila Lukić
author_facet Jelena Tepavčević
Ivana Blešić
Marko D. Petrović
Svetlana Vukosav
Milan Bradić
Vuk Garača
Tamara Gajić
Dobrila Lukić
author_sort Jelena Tepavčević
title Personality Traits That Affect Travel Intentions during Pandemic COVID-19: The Case Study of Serbia
title_short Personality Traits That Affect Travel Intentions during Pandemic COVID-19: The Case Study of Serbia
title_full Personality Traits That Affect Travel Intentions during Pandemic COVID-19: The Case Study of Serbia
title_fullStr Personality Traits That Affect Travel Intentions during Pandemic COVID-19: The Case Study of Serbia
title_full_unstemmed Personality Traits That Affect Travel Intentions during Pandemic COVID-19: The Case Study of Serbia
title_sort personality traits that affect travel intentions during pandemic covid-19: the case study of serbia
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/5467c1345c0842f38bd9ae9b07f073a6
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