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TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2021.100518
Keywords
Cruise industry; Disaster management; Risk perception; Customer acceptance; COVID-19; Cruiseferry; Travel behaviour
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- Business Finland
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This study, using a mixed-methods research design, reveals the factors considered by cruiseferry operators in their responses to the pandemic and customers' attitudes towards countermeasures, providing insights into reducing customers' perceived health risks.
The COVID-19 pandemic devastated substantial portions of the tourism industry; the cruise industry particularly suffered from negative publicity as the virus spread rapidly on cruise ships. The pandemic is a disaster that the industry has been forced to adapt to. This study illustrates, through a mixed-methods research design, what factors cruiseferry operators considered in their responses to the pandemic, whether the implemented countermeasures increased their customers' sense of security, and what countermeasures customers would agree to follow before boarding a ship. The study thereby provides insights into which countermeasures are likely to decrease customers' perceived health risks and which they are ready to accept or not on cruises during pandemics.
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