ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH

A comparison of the early impact of government restriction and risk perception on tourist attraction demand during the COVID-19 pandemic

Zhao, Pengfei; Duan, Bob Yi-Chen; Zhang, Yi; Yang, Yang; Zhang, Weiyu; Fang, Yan; Liu, Yu

Abstract

By collecting the daily visit data of each 5A scenic spot in China from January 1 to March 31, 2020, this paper adopted a two-way fixed-effects model to calibrate the effects of government restriction and risk perception during the pandemic. Results show that a 1% increase in government restriction level led to a 0.806% decrease in daily tourist attraction demand, while a 1% rise in individuals’ risk perception resulted in a 0.084% decline. The extent of these declines moderated by factors such as GDP, population density, urbanization rate, and attraction type. The implications of these findings are discussed.

Keywords

Two-way fixed-effects; COVID-19; 5A attractions; tourism demand; government policy; risk perception

Research topic

Tourist Experience, Sustainability and Resilience

Research method

Econometrics, Big Data

Geographic area

China

Additional links for this paper

ResearchGate

Publisher Website

Web of Science

HOW TO CITE

Zhao, P., Duan, B. Y. C., Zhang, Y., Yang, Y., Zhang, W., Fang, Y., & Liu, Y. (2022). A comparison of the early impact of government restriction and risk perception on tourist attraction demand during the COVID-19 pandemic. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 27(12), 1286–1303.

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