An exploratory inquiry into destination risk perceptions and risk reduction strategies of first time vs. repeat visitors to a highly volatile destination

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-276

  Fuchs, Galia ^a   Reichel, Arie ^b  

^a College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

^b Department of Hotel and Tourism Management   (Israel)

Author keywords

Motives; Repeat visitors; Risk perception; Risk reduction strategies; Volatile destination

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; RISK FACTOR; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 78649889533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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