Predictors of Changes in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Tourists’ Personalities

This study investigates travel behavior and psychosocial factors that influence it during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a cross-sectional study, using an online survey, we examined changes in travel behavior and preferences after lifting travel restrictions, and how these changes were influenced by expo...

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Autores principales:	Cezar Morar, Alexandru Tiba, Biljana Basarin, Miroslav Vujičić, Aleksandar Valjarević, Liudmyla Niemets, Alena Gessert, Tamara Jovanovic, Marius Drugas, Vasile Grama, Marius Stupariu, Alina Stoica, Tin Lukić
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 personality coping fear of travel travel behavior Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c6f03baaf71e4d078cc8c2ec8f9e3f4f2021-11-11T16:19:15ZPredictors of Changes in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Tourists’ Personalities10.3390/ijerph1821111691660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/c6f03baaf71e4d078cc8c2ec8f9e3f4f2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11169https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601This study investigates travel behavior and psychosocial factors that influence it during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a cross-sectional study, using an online survey, we examined changes in travel behavior and preferences after lifting travel restrictions, and how these changes were influenced by exposure to COVID-19, COVID-19 travel-related risk and severity, personality, fear of travel, coping, and self-efficacy appraisals in the Romanian population. Our results showed that participants traveled less in the pandemic year than the year before—especially group and foreign travel—yet more participants reported individual traveling in their home county during the pandemic period. Distinct types of exposure to COVID-19 risk, as well as cognitive and affective factors, were related to travel behavior and preferences. However, fun-seeking personality was the only major predictor of travel intention, while fear of travel was the only predictor of travel avoidance. Instead, people traveled more cautiously when they perceived more risk of infection at the destination, and had higher levels of fear of travel, but also a high sense of efficacy in controlling the infection and problem-solving capacity. The results suggest that specific information about COVID-19, coping mechanisms, fear of travel, and neuropsychological personality traits may affect travel behavior in the pandemic period.Cezar MorarAlexandru TibaBiljana BasarinMiroslav VujičićAleksandar ValjarevićLiudmyla NiemetsAlena GessertTamara JovanovicMarius DrugasVasile GramaMarius StupariuAlina StoicaTin LukićMDPI AGarticleSARS-CoV-2COVID-19personalitycopingfear of traveltravel behaviorMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11169, p 11169 (2021)
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topic	SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 personality coping fear of travel travel behavior Medicine R
spellingShingle	SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 personality coping fear of travel travel behavior Medicine R Cezar Morar Alexandru Tiba Biljana Basarin Miroslav Vujičić Aleksandar Valjarević Liudmyla Niemets Alena Gessert Tamara Jovanovic Marius Drugas Vasile Grama Marius Stupariu Alina Stoica Tin Lukić Predictors of Changes in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Tourists’ Personalities
description	This study investigates travel behavior and psychosocial factors that influence it during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a cross-sectional study, using an online survey, we examined changes in travel behavior and preferences after lifting travel restrictions, and how these changes were influenced by exposure to COVID-19, COVID-19 travel-related risk and severity, personality, fear of travel, coping, and self-efficacy appraisals in the Romanian population. Our results showed that participants traveled less in the pandemic year than the year before—especially group and foreign travel—yet more participants reported individual traveling in their home county during the pandemic period. Distinct types of exposure to COVID-19 risk, as well as cognitive and affective factors, were related to travel behavior and preferences. However, fun-seeking personality was the only major predictor of travel intention, while fear of travel was the only predictor of travel avoidance. Instead, people traveled more cautiously when they perceived more risk of infection at the destination, and had higher levels of fear of travel, but also a high sense of efficacy in controlling the infection and problem-solving capacity. The results suggest that specific information about COVID-19, coping mechanisms, fear of travel, and neuropsychological personality traits may affect travel behavior in the pandemic period.
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author	Cezar Morar Alexandru Tiba Biljana Basarin Miroslav Vujičić Aleksandar Valjarević Liudmyla Niemets Alena Gessert Tamara Jovanovic Marius Drugas Vasile Grama Marius Stupariu Alina Stoica Tin Lukić
author_facet	Cezar Morar Alexandru Tiba Biljana Basarin Miroslav Vujičić Aleksandar Valjarević Liudmyla Niemets Alena Gessert Tamara Jovanovic Marius Drugas Vasile Grama Marius Stupariu Alina Stoica Tin Lukić
author_sort	Cezar Morar
title	Predictors of Changes in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Tourists’ Personalities
title_short	Predictors of Changes in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Tourists’ Personalities
title_full	Predictors of Changes in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Tourists’ Personalities
title_fullStr	Predictors of Changes in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Tourists’ Personalities
title_full_unstemmed	Predictors of Changes in Travel Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Tourists’ Personalities
title_sort	predictors of changes in travel behavior during the covid-19 pandemic: the role of tourists’ personalities
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/c6f03baaf71e4d078cc8c2ec8f9e3f4f
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