Can perceived risks associated with a destination be moderated by organic and induced information sources?

Information sources are critical to tourism decision-making as they reduce the risk prospective travellers perceive in making a destination choice. The current study examines two types of information sources. Organic sources are objective, third party information sources such as leisure books/guides...

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Main Authors: Quintal, Vanessa, Roff, Elizabeth
Other Authors: Metin Kozak
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Detay Anatolia Akademik Yayincilik Danismanlik Org. Turz. Ltd 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25419
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author Quintal, Vanessa
Roff, Elizabeth
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Roff, Elizabeth
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description Information sources are critical to tourism decision-making as they reduce the risk prospective travellers perceive in making a destination choice. The current study examines two types of information sources. Organic sources are objective, third party information sources such as leisure books/guides/magazines. Induced sources are subjective, company-endorsed information sources that market a travel offering such as tourism office brochures. A 15-minute pen and paper questionnaire was self administered to 228 respondents at a shopping mall in Western Australia. Findings suggested that organic information sources such as leisure books/guides/magazines were consulted by significantly more respondents with lower perceived physical risk. On the other hand, induced information sources such as tourism office brochures were consulted by significantly more respondents with higher perceived physical risk.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-254192023-02-02T07:57:40Z Can perceived risks associated with a destination be moderated by organic and induced information sources? Quintal, Vanessa Roff, Elizabeth Metin Kozak Nazmi Kozak Information sources destination choice perceived risk Information sources are critical to tourism decision-making as they reduce the risk prospective travellers perceive in making a destination choice. The current study examines two types of information sources. Organic sources are objective, third party information sources such as leisure books/guides/magazines. Induced sources are subjective, company-endorsed information sources that market a travel offering such as tourism office brochures. A 15-minute pen and paper questionnaire was self administered to 228 respondents at a shopping mall in Western Australia. Findings suggested that organic information sources such as leisure books/guides/magazines were consulted by significantly more respondents with lower perceived physical risk. On the other hand, induced information sources such as tourism office brochures were consulted by significantly more respondents with higher perceived physical risk. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25419 Detay Anatolia Akademik Yayincilik Danismanlik Org. Turz. Ltd restricted
spellingShingle Information sources
destination choice
perceived risk
Quintal, Vanessa
Roff, Elizabeth
Can perceived risks associated with a destination be moderated by organic and induced information sources?
title Can perceived risks associated with a destination be moderated by organic and induced information sources?
title_full Can perceived risks associated with a destination be moderated by organic and induced information sources?
title_fullStr Can perceived risks associated with a destination be moderated by organic and induced information sources?
title_full_unstemmed Can perceived risks associated with a destination be moderated by organic and induced information sources?
title_short Can perceived risks associated with a destination be moderated by organic and induced information sources?
title_sort can perceived risks associated with a destination be moderated by organic and induced information sources?
topic Information sources
destination choice
perceived risk
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25419