Author Bios (50 Words for each Author)
Ting-Yen (Tim) Huang is a Ph.D. student in Leisure Behavior at the Indiana University Bloomington. His research interests include sustainable culinary tourism, slow tourism, and slow food experience.
Maria Alexey Bashmakov is an undergraduate in the College of Arts and Science finishing two Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and Environmental and Sustainability Studies at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research interests and career aspirations encircle working towards carbon neutrality, waste reduction and increasing sustainability efforts to combat climate change
Evan J. Jordan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Wellness Design at the Indiana University School of Public Health – Bloomington. His research focuses on the impacts of tourism on the mental health of residents of host communities.
Bynum Boley is an Associate Professor of Tourism Management at the University of Georgia. His research interests focus on sustainable tourism with special attention to how the natural and cultural resources of communities can be protected, packaged and marketed to jointly increase sustainability, resident quality of life and destination competitiveness.
Kyle Maurice Woosnam is Associate Professor of Tourism Management at the University of Georgia and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg. His research focuses on sustainable tourism. To date, he has conducted research in nearly 30 countries and serves on 11 journal editorial boards.
Xiao Xiao is an assistant professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University and located at Hainan University -Arizona State University Joint International Tourism College. Her research interests include climate adaptation planning for parks and recreation areas and transportation management in parks and protected areas.
Naho Maruyama is a professor in the department of Regional Policies, Takasaki City University of Economics, Japan. Her research interests residents' perception, ethnic minorities, and ethnic neighborhood tourism.
Camila Rojas is completing her Master of Science degree in Tourism Management at the University of Georgia. Her research interests include governance in protected areas and tourist destinations. She hopes to continue addressing and exploring the environmental and social issues of tourism through research, education, and community engagement.
Abstract (150 Words)
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to seismic shifts in global travel demand. The pandemic response of the United States (U.S.) government has been panned as lacking cohesion and effectiveness at mitigating the spread of the virus. This response has likely led to a change in perceptions about travel to the U.S. that could persist into the future. In this study, we surveyed more than 1,600 potential travelers distributed evenly across the top five major inbound travel markets to the U.S. (Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom) about their perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, their perceptions of the U.S. Government response to the pandemic, and how that government response influenced their intentions to travel to the United States. ANOVA revealed significant differences between countries across all study variables. We discuss these differences in the context of Hofstede’s (2011) continuum of individualism vs collectivism in national cultures.
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A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Perceptions of COVID-19 related Travel Risks, Government Response to the Pandemic, and Intentions to Travel to the United States
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to seismic shifts in global travel demand. The pandemic response of the United States (U.S.) government has been panned as lacking cohesion and effectiveness at mitigating the spread of the virus. This response has likely led to a change in perceptions about travel to the U.S. that could persist into the future. In this study, we surveyed more than 1,600 potential travelers distributed evenly across the top five major inbound travel markets to the U.S. (Canada, China, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom) about their perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, their perceptions of the U.S. Government response to the pandemic, and how that government response influenced their intentions to travel to the United States. ANOVA revealed significant differences between countries across all study variables. We discuss these differences in the context of Hofstede’s (2011) continuum of individualism vs collectivism in national cultures.
