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Travel is inherently associated with risk. Scholars have examined the composition of destination safety perceptions, safety climate, and the role of safety as a sub-dimension of destination image. This study aims to address a research gap by revealing a more detailed construction process of tourists' sense of destination safety from a social constructivist perspective. By collecting data from a leading Chinese tourism social media platform, tourists' sense of safety is constructed based on key subjects and contents at different travel stages, that is, before, during, and after a trip. The findings of the study contribute to the literature on tourism safety by emphasizing the need to understand tourists' sense of safety under various space–time conditions. Based on multiple stages of tourists’ sense-of-safety construction, this study provides practical implications to help destination management organizations enhance local tourism safety and management.
Author(s): Zou Y, Yu Q
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Destination Marketing and Management
Year: 2022
Volume: 24
Print publication date: 01/06/2022
Online publication date: 29/04/2022
Acceptance date: 13/04/2022
Date deposited: 30/04/2022
ISSN (print): 2212-571X
ISSN (electronic): 2212-5752
Publisher: Elsevier BV
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdmm.2022.100708
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2022.100708
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