Disaster risk and travel decision of Middle Eastern tourists to natural destination in Indonesia

[摘要] Disaster risk perception of tourists become one of prominent things to be concerned as a parameter to drive tourist willingness to visit, especially for a destination with high proneness natural hazard. Since the Middle Eastern tourist become one of the potential international tourists in many country, their perceived risk is also very important. This research aims to analyse Middle Eastern tourist's perception on safety and attractiveness of natural destination in Indonesia. According to a set of questionnaires on risk perception, most of the respondents said that Indonesia has low criterion as a prone disaster destination. However even though they do not recognize the mitigation system and safety procedure in case of the disaster occur, they still tend to visit again. The rare frequency on disaster evidence and the good reputation of tourism sector in Indonesia may cause their high credibility and the low perceived risk on disaster evidence. The theory of familiarity in influencing perceived risk also has an implication of their low perceived risk. This phenomenon means that the management should developed a well-planned mitigation system to eliminate risk and lowering their expectation to avoid disappointed in visiting the destination.

[发布机构] Resort and Leisure Management Program, Indonesia University of Education, Bandung, Indonesia^1;School of Tourism, Bandung, Indonesia^2

[效力级别] 农业科学 [学科分类] 农业科学（综合）

[关键词] Disaster preparedness;middle eastern tourist;Mitigation systems;natural destination;Perceived risk;Safety procedure;Tourism sectors;Travel decisions