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ArticleAnnals of tourism research2021

Impacts of COVID-19 on tourists' destination preferences: Evidence from China.

Xun Li, Jian Gong, Baojun Gao, Peiwen Yuan

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Article in Annals of tourism research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. How COVID-19 has changed tourists' behaviour.Nature human behaviour · 2025
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  8. Cruising through a pandemic: Or not?Annals of tourism research · 2022
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  13. Identification of tourists' dynamic risk perception-the situation in Tibet.Humanities & social sciences communications · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xun LiEconomics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
Jian GongChina Tourism Academy-Wuhan Branch, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China.
Baojun GaoEconomics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
Peiwen YuanEconomics and Management School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using data of online ticket sales for attractions in the seven provinces of South Central China, this study focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on tourists' destination preferences after the end of lockdown. Empirical results reveal that tourists' destination preferences have changed significantly, which holds under a number of robustness checks. Specifically, we find that tourists avoid traveling to destinations with more confirmed cases of COVID-19 relative to their places of origin, especially Hubei Province, and prefer destinations close to home, especially local attractions. The empirical findings have significant implications for managers and policymakers in tourism and we provide potential mechanisms for these findings based on signaling, risk perception, and prospect theory.

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COVID-19Destination preferencesRegional biasSpatial distance preference

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PMID34924648
PMCPMC8666151

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