Perceived travel risks regarding terrorism and disease: The case of Thailand

Tourism Management

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 410-418

  Rittichainuwat, Bongkosh Ngamsom ^a   Chakraborty, Goutam ^b  

^a SIAM UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird flu; Crisis; First time travelers; Perceived risk; Repeat travelers; SARS; Terrorism; Thailand's tourism

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; PERCEPTION; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; TERRORISM; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

AVES;

EID: 61449165866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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