Small Island Developing States (SIDS) COVID-19 post-pandemic tourism recovery: a system dynamics approach
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) COVID-19 post-pandemic tourism recovery: a system dynamics approach
The economy of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is highly dependent on tourism and travel sector. Under the impact of COVID-19, these islands have suffered strongly. Possible recovery strategies are tested through exploring the concept of risk perception as an important factor to influence the behaviour intention under the framework of theory of planned behaviour (TPB). A behavioural simulation is built to help evaluate tourism policies. This paper takes Maldives as an example. Four strategies are tested in the model: social distancing, tax reduction strategy, travel bubble strategy and joint strategy. The results show that the most effective way to change tourist behaviour intention is the travel bubble strategy. The results also indicate that the reduction in tourism arrivals may bring opportunities for local ecosystem recovery. This study exemplifies the advantage of using the system dynamics approach when the past pattern is not a good predictor for the future by making predictions based on how the system works.
Small Island Developing States, Tourism recovery strategy, risk perception, system dynamic, theory of planned behaviour
Gu, Yunfei
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Onggo, Bhakti Stephan
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Kunc, Martin H.
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Bayer, Steffen
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14 May 2021
Gu, Yunfei
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Onggo, Bhakti Stephan
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Kunc, Martin H.
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Bayer, Steffen
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Gu, Yunfei, Onggo, Bhakti Stephan, Kunc, Martin H. and Bayer, Steffen
(2021)
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) COVID-19 post-pandemic tourism recovery: a system dynamics approach.
Current Issues in Tourism.
(doi:10.1080/13683500.2021.1924636).
Abstract
The economy of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) is highly dependent on tourism and travel sector. Under the impact of COVID-19, these islands have suffered strongly. Possible recovery strategies are tested through exploring the concept of risk perception as an important factor to influence the behaviour intention under the framework of theory of planned behaviour (TPB). A behavioural simulation is built to help evaluate tourism policies. This paper takes Maldives as an example. Four strategies are tested in the model: social distancing, tax reduction strategy, travel bubble strategy and joint strategy. The results show that the most effective way to change tourist behaviour intention is the travel bubble strategy. The results also indicate that the reduction in tourism arrivals may bring opportunities for local ecosystem recovery. This study exemplifies the advantage of using the system dynamics approach when the past pattern is not a good predictor for the future by making predictions based on how the system works.
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Accepted/In Press date: 27 April 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 14 May 2021
Published date: 14 May 2021
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Small Island Developing States, Tourism recovery strategy, risk perception, system dynamic, theory of planned behaviour
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/449488
ISSN: 1368-3500
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