TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between risk-taking, sensation-seeking, and the tourist behavior of young adults
T2 - A cross-cultural study
AU - Pizam, Abraham
AU - Jeong, Gang Hoan
AU - Reichel, Arie
AU - van Boemmel, Hermann
AU - Lusson, Jean Marc
AU - Steynberg, Lizl
AU - State-Costache, Olimpia
AU - Volo, Serena
AU - Kroesbacher, Claudia
AU - Kucerova, Jana
AU - Montmany, Nuria
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Cross-cultural
KW - Risk-taking
KW - Sensation seeking
KW - Tourist activities
KW - Travel behavior
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=1042290074&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0047287503258837
DO - 10.1177/0047287503258837
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:1042290074
SN - 0047-2875
VL - 42
SP - 251
EP - 260
JO - Journal of Travel Research
JF - Journal of Travel Research
IS - 3
ER -