Images of safe tourism destinations in the Unites States held by African Americans

PASOS Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural

关键词: african american;    safe destination;    USA;    past experience;    personal safety;    image;   

DOI  :  10.25145/j.pasos.2013.11.043

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Ensuring a safe destination is an essential factor in travelers’ decision-making, as well as a destination’s success. Recent crises have threatened perceptions of safety related to tourism. Under such circumstances, negative destination images might be produced and destination choices might be altered. Thus, understanding the effect of risk perceptions on destination image is a necessary research stream. This study examined African American travelers’ perceptions of safety related to the top three state tourism destinations in the USA. Factors that influenced perceptions of a safe destination varied among the destinations. Consistently, however, past travel experience and the perception of the likelihood of health-related crisis were significant predictors of perceptions of a safe destination.

【 授权许可】

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