The review focuses on how tourists perceive terrorism risk, through the comparison of different studies that explored, with the use of questionnaires and random samples, how terrorism affects the perception of risk, the trip’s decisions of a tourist and the destinations’ image. The review departs from the seminal contribution of Sönmez e Graefe (1998) and the comparison to other investigations that have studied the phenomenon considering in particular socio-demographic factors, personality, the role of the trip experience, and different types of tourists. Studies that have specifically considered emotions also as an antecedent of the tourists’ choices, through experimental method, are also presented. More specifically the ones which take in consideration the effects that anger, fear and anxiety have on the perception of terrorism risk and on the choice of the trip destinations. A section is dedicated to the topic of media, as they are often negatively associated with the perception of terrorism risk, also thanks to the social amplification. In conclusion it is discussed the possible influences on the tourism marketing.
La presente rassegna si focalizza su come i turisti percepiscono il rischio terrorismo, attraverso l’analisi degli studi che hanno esplorato, solitamente con questionari e con campioni casuali, quali sono i fattori che contribuiscono a influenzare la percezione del rischio, le decisioni di viaggio del turista e l’immagine delle destinazioni. La rassegna parte dal contributo seminale di Sönmez e Graefe (1998) e dal confronto con indagini che hanno successivamente studiato il fenomeno considerando in particolare fattori socio-demografici, di personalità, il ruolo dell’esperienza di viaggio, diverse tipologie di turisti. Sono presentati inoltre studi che hanno indagato, anche con metodi sperimentali, il ruolo delle determinanti affettive, in particolare quelle negative, ovvero l’influenza che rabbia, paura e ansia hanno sulla percezione del rischio terrorismo e sulla scelta delle mete di viaggio. Una sezione è dedicata al tema dei media, spesso associati negativamente alla percezione del rischio terrorismo anche per effetto dell’amplificazione sociale. Le possibili implicazioni per le scelte turistiche sono infine discusse.
La percezione del rischio terrorismo nei turisti
Monaci M.G.
2021-01-01
Abstract
The review focuses on how tourists perceive terrorism risk, through the comparison of different studies that explored, with the use of questionnaires and random samples, how terrorism affects the perception of risk, the trip’s decisions of a tourist and the destinations’ image. The review departs from the seminal contribution of Sönmez e Graefe (1998) and the comparison to other investigations that have studied the phenomenon considering in particular socio-demographic factors, personality, the role of the trip experience, and different types of tourists. Studies that have specifically considered emotions also as an antecedent of the tourists’ choices, through experimental method, are also presented. More specifically the ones which take in consideration the effects that anger, fear and anxiety have on the perception of terrorism risk and on the choice of the trip destinations. A section is dedicated to the topic of media, as they are often negatively associated with the perception of terrorism risk, also thanks to the social amplification. In conclusion it is discussed the possible influences on the tourism marketing.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.