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The publication of this article unfortunately contained mistakes. The name of one of the authors was not correct. The corrected name is given below.Yassin Rayani.The original article has been corrected.Publisher's Note Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

The rapid growth of higher education institutions in Malaysia is parallel with the growing demand of its population pursuing tertiary education. For such reason, universities and other tertiary education providers are constantly challenged in providing sufficient in-campus accommodation to help students living comfortably. Regardless of their continuous effort in improving their facilities, the issue of shortage of students’ accommodation persists; thus, boosting the demand for rental properties surrounding campus location. This opens the opportunity for homeowners who own rental units within proximity to a campus location to target students as their potential tenants. Therefore, it is worth the effort for homeowners to understand students’ preferences when searching for a rental unit. In line with the stipulated issue, this study aims to investigate university students’ perceived perception of five relevant criteria when searching for a rental house. This study employed a quantitative research design with a total of 150 respondents were successfully gathered via an online questionnaire. These respondents are off-campus students studying at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Melaka campus. The result of the descriptive analysis revealed that many of the respondentsplaced rental agreement as to the utmost important criterion when deciding to rent a property. It was followed by the location of the property, the surrounding security, rental price, and finally utilities and amenities. From this study, it was suggested that the homeowner should emphasize all the mentioned criteria as it was relatively perceived as significant by potential tenants. It is recommended for future researchers to expand this study at other geographic locations in addition to examine other criteria focused on by tenants when searching for a rental house.

Covid-19 has created public fear and tourism industry is among the most affected sectors with many travel restrictions put in place. Since there is still a lot of uncertainty about international tourism, people are looking for safer methods to restart some sense of normalcy in travel. Staycation is becoming more popular as a convenient method to unwind without having to travel far, however it is important to look at the tourists' feelings of the negative consequences that might occur during travel. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the travel risk perception and travel intention on staycation in Malaysia among domestic travellers. 384 responses were collected using a cross-sectional study to overview the recent changes in travel risk (threat vulnerability, threat severity, self-efficacy and response efficacy) and travel intention on staycation. The study revealed that the travellers realized how vulnerable they were to being infected by the virus. They tend to express their acceptance cautiously since they are willing to take preventive measures. As compared to many other types of travel, respondents seemed to believe that staycations are safe. Overall findings of this study are valuable for stakeholders and policymakers to make better decisions and bare the implications in tourism recovery.