THE EFFECT OF COVID – 19 PANDEMIC TO TOURIST TRAVEL RISK PERCEPTION

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INTRODUCTION. The Covid-19 Pandemic is having an impact on the global tourism business. Travel dangers for tourists and management impressions are important factors in their decision to go to different places during the year. The unpredictability of the Covid-19 outbreak Tourists’ perceptions of travel risk and management, Tourists’ psychological behavior for travel to destinations can be influenced by a variety of factors. Because of the widespread use of the existing pan-European travel risk management system, they perceive their travel risk and management challenges differently demic. If tourists believe a destination is dangerous, they will avoid visiting it..

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY. The COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly uncovered that the lack of knowledge restrained the capability of the tourism industry to manage the uncertainty and risk of this magnitude. Tourists’ travel risk and management perceptions can influence their psychological behaviour for travel to destinations. Tourists can view their travel risk and management issues differently due to the spread of the existing pandemic..

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM. What are the effects of Covid-19? Pandemic on tourist travel risk and management perceptions 1.1 Perception of Covid – 19 1.2 Travel Behavior 1.3 Risk Management 1.4 Service Delivery 1.5 Transportation Patterns 1.6 Distribution Channels 1.7 Avoidance of Overpopulated destinations..

Hypothesis of the Study Based on the aforementioned research questions, this study seeks to prove or disprove the following hypotheses: Null Hypothesis H0: There is no significant between tourist travel risk perception during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alternative Hypothesis H1: There is a significant relationship between tourist travel risk perception during the COVID-19 pandemic..

Review Related Literature. Covid - 19 Pandemic The sense of risk associated with the COVID-19 pandemic during stays has never piqued the scientific community's curiosity as much as it does in the years 2020–2021 [7,46,52,56]. In fact, most tourists in the city of Porto have taken a neutral stance on the parameters used to assess risk perception in public space during the COVID-19 period (summer 2020) (Table 2). Tourist Travel Risk However, the tourism business is exposed to threats such as pandemics, epidemics, crises, terrorism, and any other threat to tourist safety ( Bassil , Saleh, & Anwar, 2017; Law, 2006). Furthermore, other threats to the safety and well-being of the tourists who want to go by putting things to clean the body through Practicing good and washing hygiene, Avoiding touching your face, wearing a mask, and practicing physical distancing..

Theoretical and Conceptual Framework. This theory is a context to identify the role of Covid -19 to Tourist travel risk Perception which subsequently effecting co-creation and revisit intention in managing tourism brands during pandemic, as proposed in theoretical model..

Social Contagion Theory. The fundamental process of how an individual's amount of communication increases risk knowledge is explained by social contagion theory (Muter et al., 2013). "The concept of social contagion states that people adopt the attitudes and behaviors of those in their social network with whom they interact. The hypothesis does not involve any desire to influence, or even awareness of influence; all that is required is communication" (Scherer and Cho, 2003)..

Underpinning theory. The pathogen-stress hypothesis [24] is used in this study to assess travel risk and management perceptions as a result of Covid-19 ambiguity, as well as to determine human behaviors in social concerns. In the context of Covid-19 outbreaks, some writers [25] investigated the role of pathogen thereat. A parasite-stress theory of human sociality [24, 26] predicts personality traits by emphasizing infection risks associated with interactions with conspecifics..

Significance of study. The Realization present study would be a great contribution to the tourist knowledge there is about The effect of covid 19 pandemic on tourist travel risk perception in Davao City. The results of this investigation could be highly significant and beneficial to the following:.

Self. Individuals tend to have a different persona in real life and in the Internet. This can be both constructive and destructive depending on one’s intention of securing information, identity, or when making social interactions. Community. The effect of covid 19 pandemic on tourist travel risk perception would not only gain knowledge regarding said topic but also have a more understanding, open mind and a compassionate heart for individuals in their community who struggle to be genuine or have confusions regarding their true identities and personalities. Researchers. This study can be beneficial for future researchers who would like to deepen their knowledge of cyberpsychology and social science..

Operational Definition. Travel behavior. Individual perceptions of mobility, particularly the knowledge that they have a choice in how they move, impact travel behavior decisions to a great amount (Genome, 2020). Risk Management. According to Linda T.,(2021) Is the process of discovering, assessing, and controlling dangers to a company's assets and profits. Service Delivery. Is a business framework that allows a provider to give services to a client..

Transportation Patterns. Translink (2011). "[ i ]n 2013, transit ridership in the United States achieved a 50-year high, with the nation's transit networks reporting 10.7 billion rides," according to a recent story in CityLab. Distribution Channels. According to Neil Patel (2021). Distribution Channels is the identify the route that items will follow from the maker to the end user. Avoidance of Overpopulated destinations ( Overtourism ). Framba , A. (2020). One of the most commonly used words in recent years In fact, tourist sites are increasingly suffering from overtourism , or tourism overcrowding. Places that are "renowned" and that everyone wants to visit..

METHODOLOGY. This chapter presents the methodology used in the study – namely, It describes the study’s research design the location where the study will be conducted, the respondents chosen for the study, the instruments and questionnaires use, the procedure to be followed, and statistical tools to be used in data analysis..

Research design This shows the research design that is going to be used by the researchers, which is the descriptive research design. Research Locale Since we are in a new learning system due to the pandemic, the study is being conducted online due to the pandemic. Respondents will fill out an online survey form. Research Respondents This study’s respondents are residents of Davao City. One hundred (100) people have been chosen as the subject of this study. Research Instrument In this study, the researchers will be using the questionnaire. The questionnaire is a set of orderly arranged questions carefully prepared to answer by a group of people designed to collects facts and information..

Data gathering procedure. Request a permission to conduct a study - The researcher would ask a permission before they conduct the research and once their permission is approved.. they will begin thier research..

Preperation of the questionnaire - The researcher prepared questions and the researcher prepared questions and validated after gathering the formulation. Data Processing Method - The researcher prepared a survey to be the sample.. The questionnaire was answered and collected. Then, the answers were prepared for data analysis..

Statistical Tool. To interpret the gathered data, the researchers will utilize the 2016 Microsoft Excel with data analysis add in pack, to lessen the amount of time allocated in data analysis and to ensure the accurateness of the results. And any errors will be changed and revamped as quickly as possible. Sample mean. This statistical tool will be used to determine the effect of covid -19 to tourist travel risk perception in Davao City. Coefficient of Determination (r^2). This statistical tool will be used to know the percentage of tourist Travel risk perception during Covid – 19 pandemic, respectively..