Behavior of Serbian tourists during economic crisis: Two empirical researches

Abstract

Abstract

Spatial autocorrelation analysis of tourist arrivals using municipal data: A Serbian example

“…Domestic tourist arrivals in Serbia showed a significant declining trend in the reported period. After the significant fall in 2002, domestic tourist arrivals suffered another "shock" during global economic crises (Najdić, Sekulović, 2012). Domestic tourist arrivals decreased from 1.88 million in 2001 to 1.27 in 2013.…”

The Fate of Tourism during and in the Aftermath of Political Instability: Ethiopia Tourism in Focus

“…However, it does not mean that tourists will never come to a destination during political crisis or the resulted state of emergency. According to Najdić and Sekulović [5], it is evidently known that crisis at destination considerably affects the behavior of tourists to change their preference but not to totally stop travel [italics mine]. Based on their demographic profile such as sex, age, education, and their culture, tourists have a room of accepting a certain amount of risk [22], as the demographic profile substantially influence tourist's image formation of a destination [23].…”

“…International tourists will likely have incorrect perception of risks due to unfamiliarity and a far distance as they are exposed to incomplete information. Although Najdić and Sekulović [5] believes that destination's political situation highly influence tourists travel with travel agencies than the walk-ins as the former use media as source of information while the later rely on recommendation and past experience, it's truism that both will likely be affected.…”

“…According to Hunt [34], image of a destination attracts tourist equivalent to or even more than the actual attractions do. Actually, the expectations and preferences of tourists to holiday have to be well known in order to forecast the upcoming tourism fashions [5].…”

“…However, the tourism industry is susceptible to external shocks such as natural disasters, political unrest, economic crisis, and contagious diseases [5]. These inevitable factors-either collectively or separately -may adversely affect the tourism industry in particular and the economy of the country in general.…”