Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sejong University, Seoul 05006, Korea.
Business Communication and Design Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore 138683, Singapore.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 18;19(14):8714. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148714.
The travel bubble program presented an appealing strategy for reopening international travel safely. However, a full vaccination regime is the foremost prerequisite of the program. Therefore, vaccination and the travel bubble are inextricably linked. This study investigated the roles of perceived vaccine efficacy, attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine, and attitude toward the travel bubble on travel bubble intention. More importantly, the study also examined the mediating role of hope and fear among unvaccinated Korean adults between 20 and 29 years old. A total of 535 samples were collected to test the proposed conceptual model using structural equation modeling. In general, the results supported the proposed hypotheses. Notably, the intention to travel to a bubble destination was explained by 57% of the variance. Furthermore, hope mediated the relationship between vaccine attitude and travel bubble intention. Whereas fear mediated the relationship between perceived vaccine efficacy and intention. Hence, the findings suggest doubts around the vaccine efficacy and that a positive attitude towards the vaccine also install hope among the research samples.
旅行泡泡计划为安全重启国际旅行提出了一个有吸引力的策略。然而，全面接种疫苗是该计划的首要前提。因此，接种疫苗和旅行泡泡是紧密相连的。本研究调查了对疫苗效果的认知、对 COVID-19 疫苗的态度以及对旅行泡泡的态度对旅行泡泡意向的作用。更重要的是，该研究还检验了未接种疫苗的 20 至 29 岁韩国成年人中希望和恐惧在两者之间的中介作用。共收集了 535 个样本，通过结构方程模型检验了所提出的概念模型。总的来说，研究结果支持了所提出的假设。值得注意的是，旅行泡泡目的地的旅行意向可以由 57%的方差来解释。此外，希望在疫苗态度和旅行泡泡意向之间起到了中介作用。而恐惧在疫苗效果认知和意向之间起到了中介作用。因此，研究结果表明，人们对疫苗效果存在疑虑，对疫苗的积极态度也会在研究样本中产生希望。
