Tourist roles, perceived risk and international tourism
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INTRODUCTION
Governments, travel agents, and the news media periodically issue warnings about the risks associated with international tourism. Tourists are urged to buy traveler’s checks, guidebooks, and bottled water, and to obtain vaccinations as precautions against such risks. Indeed, surveys consistently note that safety and security are important concerns among individuals vacationing abroad (Poon and Adams 2000). Yet despite the pervasiveness of these beliefs and practices in everyday culture, there
NOVELTY PREFERENCE AND RISK AVERSION
Novelty as an indicator of perceived risk and a constraint on tourism has received little attention from researchers. However, novelty as a motive has been a subject of investigation over the years. Crompton (1979) identified novelty as one of two pull factors affecting destination choice. He postulated that individuals who experience a state of disequilibrium may be motivated to take a vacation. Visiting a novel destination may be one way of restoring psychological balance. Wahlers and Etzel
CONCLUSION
Since this sample was composed of US-born university students, the generalizability of these findings is limited to similar populations. Following the literature, the sample was delimited by lifestage, socioeconomic status, and nationality. As such, this study contributes to a better understanding of the perceptions of risk associated with international tourism for young, largely middle class Americans. One avenue for future research would be to repeat this study with people at different stages
Andrew Lepp is a Doctoral student in the Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism, University of Florida (Gainesville FL 32611-8209, USA. Email <[email protected]>). His research interests include tourism and international development and nature-based tourism.
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Andrew Lepp is a Doctoral student in the Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism, University of Florida (Gainesville FL 32611-8209, USA. Email <[email protected]>). His research interests include tourism and international development and nature-based tourism.
Heather Gibson is Associate Professor in the same department. Her research interests include gender and life span issues related to leisure and tourism.