Author of Study: Turnšek Maja, Brumen Boštjan, Rangus Marjetka, Lešnik Štuhec Tanja, Gorenak Mitja and Mekinc Janez

Year of Study: 2020

Keywords: covid-19; vacation; tourism; fear of disease; travel avoidance; appeals of fear; coronavirus; epidemic; pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; self-isolation; bacterial and virus diseases

The present study provides a snapshot of Slovene perceptions in a historically unique point of time – the early days of the COVID-19 related lockdown. Based on an online survey performed in March and April 2020 the study provides first insights into Slovene perceived threats of COVID-19 on two dimensions: severity and susceptibility; how this depends on their demography and past travel experience and what, in this specific point in time, they think about future travel avoidance. Furthermore, the research follows the approaches to so-called fear appeals and analyses the mechanisms of response to the threat: avoiding thinking about the threat and denying the existence of a threat. Finally, the research includes demographic variables and information sources regarding the pandemic.
Study was conducted by Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor and Faculty of Tourism Studies - Turistica, University of Primorska.

More info about the study can be found in the ADP Catalogue.

Turnšek, M., Brumen, B., Rangus, M., Lešnik Štuhec, T., Gorenak, M. and Mekinc, J. (2021). COVID-19 and Tourism, 2020 [Data file]. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Slovenian Social Science Data Archives. ADP - IDNo: COVTUR20. https://doi.org/10.17898/ADP_COVTUR20_V1