The aim of the study is to investigate the motivational effects of tourist traits and risk appraisal on tourist destination risk perception. Risk appraisal involves subjective estimates of vulnerability to a threat and the threat’s consequential severity. Fear levels influence both of these elements of risk appraisal. Individual differences in reactance proneness and risk aversion are introduced into the study model to more fully account for differences in travel destination risk perceptions. The study design involves US adults, who have used their passports for international travel in the past 5 years. Travel risk assessments were studied for four destination sites: London, Tokyo, Kuala Lumpur and Istanbul. A general structural model is developed to test hypotheses about antecedents and consequents of risk appraisal and destination risk perception.

该研究的目的是研究旅游特征和风险评估对旅游目的地风险感知的激励作用。风险评估涉及对威胁的脆弱性和威胁的严重性的主观评估。恐惧程度会影响风险评估的这两个要素。将电抗倾向和风险规避的个体差异引入研究模型，以更全面地说明旅行目的地风险感知的差异。该研究设计涉及美国成年人，他们在过去5年中使用护照进行国际旅行。研究了四个目的地的旅行风险评估：伦敦，东京，吉隆坡和伊斯坦布尔。