Department of Tourism Administration, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 24341, Korea.
Department of Tourism and Recreation, Kyonggi University, Seoul 03746, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 19;19(20):13523. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013523.
The aim of this research was to examine the effects of travel expenditures on life satisfaction in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the research, a curvilinear relationship was established between life satisfaction and travel expenditures that was then compared between 2018 and 2020. The study subjects were middle-aged and older adults who completed the 2018 and 2020 waves of the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging. Demographic, travel expenditure, and life satisfaction data were collected, and quadratic regression analysis was conducted to examine the effects of travel expenditures on life satisfaction before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first-order condition was computed to determine the optimal level of travel expenditures to maximize life satisfaction, and the results exhibit that the utility of travel expenditure decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
本研究旨在探讨在 COVID-19 大流行背景下旅行支出对生活满意度的影响。为此，在 2018 年和 2020 年之间建立了生活满意度和旅行支出之间的曲线关系，并进行了比较。研究对象为完成了 2018 年和 2020 年韩国老龄化纵向研究的中年和老年人。收集了人口统计学、旅行支出和生活满意度数据，并进行了二次回归分析，以检验 COVID-19 大流行前后旅行支出对生活满意度的影响。计算了一阶条件以确定使生活满意度最大化的旅行支出最优水平，结果表明，在 COVID-19 大流行期间，旅行支出的效用降低。
