COVID-19 effect on travel behaviour among Vantaa residents
Madubuike, Samson Chukwuma (2020)
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020082119823
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020082119823
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The aim of this thesis is to research the effect of the ongoing COVID-19 on the traveling and the use of tourism product among Vantaa resident. COVID-19 is virus disease that was first identified in Wuhan district China, in December 2019. The disease is reviewed to be transmissions disease, that is possible to be transferred through person-to-person contact and has killed thousands of people in the world. In order to prevent this disease from spreading, authorities all over the world adopted lockdown measure to reduce the spread of the virus. Tourism industry is recognised to be affected the most . Many people people lost their jobs while many were put on unpaid leave.
Ideas and data were realized for this thesis through combination of a theoretical research and quantitative research method which was conducted in Summer 2020. The research was done using a survey questionnaire method, which was prepared using webropol (research app) and was sent to respondents through Facebook groups known as Vantaan Puskaradio.
According to the result realized, COVID-19 have affected respondent’s traveling lifestyle negatively. The result presented decrease in the respondents desire to travel, and a change in respondent’s choice of destination. Result also reviewed a change in respondent’s motives of travel, in which respondents revealed government control of COVID-19 to be a strong motive that can make them to travel again.
This thesis was supervised by Homberg Eva and the results of the research are to help tourism product managers, in restructuring their activities, so as to gain back their stands either or as it were behaviour COVID-19 outbreak.
Ideas and data were realized for this thesis through combination of a theoretical research and quantitative research method which was conducted in Summer 2020. The research was done using a survey questionnaire method, which was prepared using webropol (research app) and was sent to respondents through Facebook groups known as Vantaan Puskaradio.
According to the result realized, COVID-19 have affected respondent’s traveling lifestyle negatively. The result presented decrease in the respondents desire to travel, and a change in respondent’s choice of destination. Result also reviewed a change in respondent’s motives of travel, in which respondents revealed government control of COVID-19 to be a strong motive that can make them to travel again.
This thesis was supervised by Homberg Eva and the results of the research are to help tourism product managers, in restructuring their activities, so as to gain back their stands either or as it were behaviour COVID-19 outbreak.