Does travel desire influence COVID-19 vaccination intentions?

Yuksel Ekinci; Dogan Gursoy; Ali Selcuk Can; Nigel Leroy Williams

doi:10.1080/19368623.2022.2020701

Does travel desire influence COVID-19 vaccination intentions?

Yuksel Ekinci^*, Dogan Gursoy, Ali Selcuk Can, Nigel Leroy Williams

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Abstract

Since the economic recovery heavily depends on the population attaining herd immunity against the virus through the vaccination programme, understanding the factors that improve people's intentions to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is critically important for the hospitality and tourism industry. This research investigates whether travel desire can moderate the relationship between attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines and COVID-19 vaccination intentions. The proposed model was tested utilizing two sets of data collected from a total of 1,341 adults. The results of the study show that subjective norms and perceived risk are strong predictors of attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines. The effects of subjective norms and perceived vaccination risk on COVID-19 vaccination intentions are partially mediated by attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines. The findings show that the higher the travel desire individuals have, the stronger the effects of their attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines on COVID-19 vaccination intentions are.

Original language	English
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management
Early online date	8 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19368623.2022.2020701
Publication status	Early online - 8 Jan 2022

Keywords

attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines
vaccination intentions
perceived risk
travel desire

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Does Travel Desire Influence COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions?
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of Hospitality Management on 08.01.2022, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19368623.2022.2020701.
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Can, S. (Creator), Ekinci, Y. (Creator), Gursoy, D. (Creator) & Williams, N. (Creator), University of Portsmouth, 21 Jan 2022
DOI: 10.17029/7ee54eb4-7887-43df-a3aa-28a70cb180c8
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