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Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand Holiday Purchase Intention During the COVID-19 Period

Application of the Extended Theory of Planned Behavior to Understand Holiday Purchase Intention During the COVID-19 Period
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Author(s): Gönül Göker (Çankırı Karatekin University, Turkey)and Ilknur Ayar (Çankırı Karatekin University, Turkey)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 17
Source title: Handbook of Research on the Impacts and Implications of COVID-19 on the Tourism Industry
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mahmut Demir (Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Turkey), Ali Dalgıç (Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Turkey)and Fatma Doğanay Ergen (Isparta University of Applied Sciences, Turkey)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8231-2.ch013

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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate the holiday purchasing intentions of touristic consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic within the scope of the expanded TPB, which is empirically tested in very large areas in the disclosure of behaviors. In this study, in addition to TPB variables, fatigue variable was included. With the long-term nature and intensity of COVID-19, many people have naturally experienced some kind of physical or psychological fatigue. The impact of this fatigue caused by COVID-19 on the intention to buy holidays can be critical. In the first part of the study, holiday purchasing intentions, COVID-19 pandemic period, theory of planned behavior, and fatigue were explained. In the methodological part of the study, 389 people who were potential touristic consumers were surveyed. The data collected from the participants were measured by statistical analysis method, and the findings were reached.

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