Trust in the safety of tourist destinations: Hard to gain, easy to lose? New insights on the asymmetry principle

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 843-853

  Eitzinger, Claudia ^a   Wiedemann, Peter M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetry principle; Negativity bias; Tourism risks; Trust

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ASYMMETRY PRINCIPLE; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; NEGATIVITY BIAS; ON-LINE SURVEY; RISK SOURCE; SAFETY MEASURES; TECHNOLOGICAL RISKS; TOURISM RISKS; TOURIST DESTINATIONS; TRUST; TRUST ASYMMETRY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASYMMETRY; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM; TRUST;

QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAVEL;

EID: 48349084547     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01077.x     Document Type: Article

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