Title

The Relationship Between Risk-Taking, Sensation-Seeking, And The Tourist Behavior Of Young Adults: A Cross-Cultural Study

Keywords

Cross-cultural; Risk-taking; Sensation seeking; Tourist activities; Travel behavior

Abstract

This study analyzed the effects of the combined psychological characteristics of risk-taking and sensation seeking on the travel behavior and preferred tourist activities of young adults on leisure trips. The results of this cross-cultural study, which was conducted among 1,429 students at 11 universities located in 11 different countries, found that respondents with high combined risk-taking and sensation seeking (RSS) scores differed significantly in their travel behavior, mode of destination choice, preferred tourist activities and demographics, from those who had low RSS scores. The study also discovered a significant difference between nationalities on RSS scores.

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Title

Journal of Travel Research

Volume

42

Issue

3

Number of Pages

251-260

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0047287503258837

Socpus ID

1042290074 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/1042290074

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