Travel anxiety and intentions to travel internationally: Implications of travel risk perception

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-225

  Reisinger, Yvette ^a   Mavondo, Felix ^b  

^a Tourism Research International   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Travel risk; Travel safety

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; RISK PERCEPTION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244294172     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287504272017     Document Type: Review

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