Antecedent and Consequences of Risk Perception on Tourist Decision Making towards the Sustainable Medical Tourism Development in Bangladesh

Polas, Mohammad Rashed Hasan; Sahidullah, Mohamad; Hossain, Mohammad Imtiaz; Karim, Asif Mahbub; Prabhakaran, Sudesh; Khan, Arif Md.

doi:10.18488/journal.31.2019.61.93.108

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“…Several studies on tourist behavior have found that some individual characteristics may affect travel intentions. Variables such as age (Hajibaba et al, 2015 ; Khan et al, 2018 ; Neuburger & Egger, 2020 ), travel experience (Kozak et al, 2007 ; Polas et al, 2019 ; Sönmez & Graefe, 1998a ), income (Sönmez & Graefe, 1998b ; Floyd et al, 2004 ; Djeri et al, 2014 ; Li et al, 2018 ), and education level (Qi et al, 2009 ; Sönmez & Graefe, 1998b ) were relevant predictors of travel intentions also during periods of crises.…”

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“…Previous studies have shown that more internationally experienced tourists tend to have stronger intentions of traveling during periods of crisis (Floyd et al, 2004 ; Pennington-Gray et al, 2011 ; Rittichainuwat & Chakraborty, 2009 ; Sönmez & Graefe, 1998b ). Travel experience decreases tourist risk perception and, at the same time, positively influences travel intentions (Kozak et al, 2007 ; Neuburger & Egger, 2020 ; Polas et al, 2019 ; Rittichainuwat & Chakraborty, 2009 ; Sönmez & Graefe, 1998a ). In a similar vein, past travel experience seems to provide a greater sense of safety to tourists (Reza & Samiei, 2012 ) and alters travel decisions more than information from external sources (Rittichainuwat & Chakraborty, 2009 ).…”

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COVID-19 pandemic and tourism: The impact of health risk perception and intolerance of uncertainty on travel intentions

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Understanding tourist behavior during and after major tourism crises is essential to help destinations recover. The COVID-19 pandemic — a period of uncertainty and risk — makes it relevant to assess factors that influence travel intentions. There has been little research on tourist behavior during health crises and, in particular, on perceived health risk and uncertainty effects on travel intentions. This study was carried out at the beginning of the pandemic in Brazil and aims to investigate the role of health risk perception and intolerance of uncertainty on travel intentions for 2020 and 2021. We applied an online survey to 1150 Brazilian participants from April to May 2020. Our findings indicate that perceived COVID-19 severity, perceived probability of infection, and expected duration of the pandemic are significant predictors of travel intentions for both years. This paper contributes to a deeper understanding of crisis-resistant tourists’ characteristics and provides insights for destinations’ recovery.

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COVID-19 pandemic and tourism: The impact of health risk perception and intolerance of uncertainty on travel intentions

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“…Peattie et al ( 2005 ), defined tourist health risk as the probability of suffering from diseases or other health complexities due to the exposure to any traveling experiences. The existing literature on tourism posited travel as a complex process innately containing a significant level of uncertainties and risks that make the tourism sector highly vulnerable (Bhattacharjee et al, 2018 ; Fuchs et al, 2013 ; Polas et al, 2019 ; Williams & Baláž, 2015 ). Jonas et al ( 2011 ) identified tourist health risk as an inseparable part of traveling which has endangering impact on the safety and security of the tourists that enhances their hesitation to travel.…”

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“…Some suggest that a high perceived risk increases the hustle and bustle of visitors and impacts hesitation toward tourism decision-making (Beneke et al, 2013 ; Mason et al, 2016 ; Russell-Bennett et al, 2005 ). Furthermore, the fundamentals of tourist decision-making and travel behavior are thoroughly studied, but there has been a lack of studies incorporating the issue of tourist hesitation due to tourist insufficient perception and knowledge (Jonas & Mansfeld, 2017 ; Lalicic & Önder, 2018 ; Peng & Chen, 2019 ; Polas et al, 2019 ). Wong and Yeh ( 2009 ) investigated the relationship of tourist hesitation with destination decision-making and found evidence of tourists’ perceived risk positively influencing the tourist hesitation.…”

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How does tourist perception lead to tourist hesitation? Empirical evidence from Bangladesh

Polas

Saha

Tabash

2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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The paper aims to identify the factors that cause prospective tourists’ hesitation to travel. The study also examines whether this relationship is mediated by the tourist perception in Bangladesh. The study is of quantitative design, and the relationships between tourist knowledge, tourist health risk, and destination personality with tourist hesitation were explored using a sample of 322 Bangladeshi prospective tourists. The three relationships were also examined through tourist perception. By using cross-sectional data, the researchers hypothesized that tourist knowledge, tourist health risk, and destination personality have a positive and significant effect on tourist hesitation. Besides, the researchers also hypothesized that tourist perception mediates the relationships between tourist knowledge, tourist health risk, and destination personality with tourist hesitation. In this respect, the Smart PLS 3.0 was employed to analyze the data. The results of the study confirm findings of previous related studies by not only highlighting the importance of tourist perception in shaping tourist hesitation but also indicating the way each dimension of tourism either enhances or inhibits the tourist hesitation. The results of the study also reveal a positive and significant relationship between tourist knowledge and tourist health risk with tourist hesitation. The analysis of data showed no conventional relationship between destination personality and tourist hesitation. Accordingly, this study identified the extent to which tourist perception mediates the relationship between tourist knowledge and destination personality with tourist hesitation. Meanwhile, the results of the study indicate the absence of any mediation role of tourist perception between tourist health risk and tourist hesitation. The study outcomes would encourage the government, policymakers, and tourism managements in creating a tailor-made responsiveness program by building a scenario that could offer more prominent sustainable tourism establishments. Besides, the results may assist stakeholders of tourist destinations in understanding tourist perception and the causes of tourist’s hesitation.

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“…Of course another important factor is the tourist point of view and his experience (Perkumien_ e et al 2019). This was analyzed by Polas et al (2019) in Bangladesh, but it has to be said that the factors influencing the decision-making process are the same as in other forms of tourism, including safety. However, the sense of safety is a crucial factor: many medical tourism researchers have expressed concern about the potential negative effects on the safety of medical tourists, the healthcare systemin the host country and in the country of permanent residence of the patientand for global fair access to healthcare as part of the concept of sustainable development (e.g., Horowitz and Rosensweig 2007;Lunt et al 2012;Snyder et al 2012).…”

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Sustainable Medical Tourism: Conceptual Framework

Lubowiecki-Vikuk¹,

Machnik²

2019

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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Referring to the definition of sustainable tourism and taking into consideration the specifics of medical tourism, it can be assumed that sustainable medical tourism is a conscious and sustainable human activity, in which a medical tourist/ mobile patient aims to obtain broadly understood healthcare outside their permanent place of residence (at home or abroad), consisting mainly in maintaining (obtaining better) health, and/or aesthetic appearance of one's own body, often combined with rest and consumption of tourist packages. This balance should address all three aspectssocial, economic, and environmental. Therefore, the provision of sustainable medical tourism services, most often by commercial healthcare entities, should be carried out with rational spatial distribution resulting in the strengthening of local economies and improving the quality of life of the society while respecting natural resources and using innovative solutions in the medical tourism business.

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Antecedent and Consequences of Risk Perception on Tourist Decision Making towards the Sustainable Medical Tourism Development in Bangladesh

Cited by 16 publications

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COVID-19 pandemic and tourism: The impact of health risk perception and intolerance of uncertainty on travel intentions

COVID-19 pandemic and tourism: The impact of health risk perception and intolerance of uncertainty on travel intentions

How does tourist perception lead to tourist hesitation? Empirical evidence from Bangladesh

Sustainable Medical Tourism: Conceptual Framework

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