This exploratory study was conducted in order to investigate the impact of socio-demographic variables "age, sex, familial situation, qualification, profession, income per capita", international tourism experience, and tourism experience in Egypt on the decision making process of travel under the...

This research attempts to investigate the impact of information sources on the decision making process of travel to the Egyptian tourist destination after the revolution of January 25, 2011. A questionnaire was downloaded on the Website of (monkey survey) during the period (12 October-11 December...

To date, limited research has investigated the effects of tourist prior knowledge as a multidimensional construct on their perceived risk. This research is one of the first studies to investigate the relationships among tourists' risk perceptions and various types of their prior knowledge, namely...

This paper sheds light on tourists emotional experiences on holiday, which are central to increase our understanding of tourist behavior. Tourists usually travel to cities with good impression. Choosing a travel destination is definitely a complicated decision-making process for tourists. For...

Many studies on risk and destination choice focus on specific destinations or tourist characteristics in an isolated way, resulting in a fragmented nature in research results without a comprehensive understanding. Therefore, an integrated research approach is applied using tourists'...

The paper examines which travel risks are more salient for tourists' destination choice. An integrated travel-decision risk typology with survey data from 835 potential tourists is developed and tested. Specifically, this paper explores the interplay of risk types, tourist attributes and ...