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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior: A case study of domestic inbound travelers in Turkey Cover

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior: A case study of domestic inbound travelers in Turkey

Open Access
|Jan 2024

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Research Model
Research Model

Figure 2:

Path Analysis Results
Path Analysis Results

Demographics of Respondents

Variablen%
Gender

Female34256.0
Male26944.0
Age

30 and younger25641.9
31–4016627.2
41 and older18930.9
Education

High school10417.0
Bachelor’s30149.3
Postgraduate20633.7
Number of Children

None32753.5
112019.6
216426.8
Marital Status

Married30549.9
Single30650.1
Income

400 dollars or less35257.6
401–600 dollars8013.1
601 dollars or more17929.3
Who do you go on vacation with?

Alone416.7
With immediate family37661.2
With a friend9315.5
With multiple friends8313.6
With relatives182.9

Analysis of the Convergent Validity of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

ITEMSOuter loadingCronbach’s alphaCRAVE
HOSDuring the travel ban. the city I intended on visiting remained welcoming to visitors from parts of the country hardest hit by the pandemic0.9530.8450.9480.901
The city I intended on visiting showed a great deal of resilience in ensuring the health and safety of visitors0.945

IMPMy impression of the city will be affected by the number of coronavirus cases reported0.8690.8430.8600.754
My impression of the city will be affected by its reported coronavirus recovery rate0.868

ATTOnce this epidemic is over, I believe it is still a good idea to go on holiday to the city I intended on visiting0.8750.7760.8130.705
Once this epidemic is over, I would be excited about going on holiday to the city I intended on visiting0.778

SUNOnce this epidemic is over, we intend on going on holiday to the destination we had chosen to visit originally0.8750.7720.8080.709
Once this epidemic is over, my friends and colleagues intend on going on holiday to the destination they had chosen to visit originally0.769

PBCOnce this epidemic is over, I will remain financially able to go on holiday in the city I intended on visiting0.8620.7790.8140.695
Once this epidemic is over, I will continue to have availability in my schedule to go on holiday in the city I intended on visiting originally0.794

PPTAfter this epidemic, I will go on holiday to the city I intended on visiting originally1

Analysis of Goodness of Fit of the Model

Goodness-of-Fit IndexAcceptable RangeBefore CorrectionAfter CorrectionGoodness of Fit of the Model
χ2 (chi-square)Smaller the Better49.4814.123pass
χ2 and degrees of freedom< 33.542.72pass
GFI> 0.80.930.977pass
AGFI> 0.80.930.945pass
RMSEA< 0.08.079.064pass
CFI> 0.90.974.966pass
PCFI> 0.50.326.371pass

Path Analysis and Effect Size

Path CoefficientsT-statisticsf2
IPP-ATT.1453.8250.213
IPP-PPT.1052.6620.138
ATT-PPT.3466.2580.375
PBC-PPT.68615.5100.480
SUN-PPT.2625.3870.303
R2Q2
ATT0.2260.184
PPT0.6200.590

PLS path analysis results

Model PathβtLabel
H1IPP → ATT.3053.118Accepted
H2ATT → PTT.45812.291Accepted
H3IPP → PPT.2802.348Accepted
H4PBC → PPT.87247.964Accepted
H5SUN → PPT.62435.542Accepted
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ejthr-2023-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2182-4924 | Journal ISSN: 2182-4916
Language: English
Page range: 211 - 224
Submitted on: Jul 4, 2022
Accepted on: Oct 23, 2023
Published on: Jan 31, 2024
Published by: Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2024 Mehmet Sariişik, Veli Ceylan, Mustafa İnanç Kapucuoğlu, published by Polytechnic Institute of Leiria
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