The Relationship between the Perception of Risk and the Decision-making Process of Travel of French Tourists

Azim, Tare Sayed Abdel (2009): The Relationship between the Perception of Risk and the Decision-making Process of Travel of French Tourists. Published in: TOURISMOS: An International Multidisciplinary Journal of Tourism , Vol. 5, No. 2 (15 October 2010): pp. 29-47.

Abstract

This exploratory study was conducted in order to investigate the impact of socio-demographic variables “age, sex, familial situation, qualification, profession, income per capita”, international tourism experience, and tourism experience in Egypt on the decision making process of travel under the effect of the risk factor “terrorist attacks of last April, 2006, in Sinai, Egypt». For this purpose, a two decision making process probabilities have been estimated by the ordinal logit model.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Risk, tourism experience, Decision making process of travel Socio-demographic variables, tourist behaviour
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L83 - Sports ; Gambling ; Restaurants ; Recreation ; Tourism

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