کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1011154 | 939019 | 2014 | 13 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Tourists are vulnerable in the event of a crisis. This article is focused on examining aspects of tourists that potentially influence whether or not they evacuate in the event of a hurricane. In general the results of this study suggest that individual characteristics (risk belief, connectedness, knowledge, and past experience with hurricanes), travel related variables and the socio-demographic characteristics of tourists influence their decision regarding whether or not to evacuate in the event of a hurricane, with tourists who are not local showing higher risk beliefs regarding hurricanes, with low connectedness and knowledge about hurricanes, without past experience with hurricane impacts, traveling with a larger party, traveling with children, traveling for the first time to the destination, traveling by plane and personal vehicle, older age groups, female, with an annual income more than $125,000 are more likely to evacuate. Managerial implications of the findings are discussed.
Journal: Journal of Destination Marketing & Management - Volume 2, Issue 4, January 2014, Pages 253–265