Understanding the COVID-19 Tourist Psyche: The Evolutionary Tourism Paradigm

Florian Kock; Astrid Nørfelt; Alexander Josiassen; A. George Assaf; Mike G. Tsionas

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2020.103053

Understanding the COVID-19 Tourist Psyche: The Evolutionary Tourism Paradigm

Florian Kock^*, Astrid Nørfelt, Alexander Josiassen, A. George Assaf, Mike G. Tsionas

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Abstract

Studies across the social sciences are making increasing use of an evolutionary perspective. Yet, despite its potential, the application of evolutionary psychology in tourism research is scant. Evolutionary psychology is arguably one of the most useful approaches to understanding the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic on the tourist's psyche. This research highlights, explains, and empirically demonstrates the vast untapped potential of this perspective for post-COVID-19 tourism research. The authors develop an Evolutionary Tourism Paradigm, which is based on biological epistemology and theory to address questions in post-COVID-19 tourism research. This paradigm is brought to life through a developed ocean and islands model, and its utility for future research endeavors on the Coronavirus pandemic is empirically demonstrated in two studies.

Original language	English
Article number	103053
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	85
Number of pages	13
ISSN	0160-7383
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2020.103053
Publication status	Published - Nov 2020

Keywords

Evolutionary psychology
Ocean and islands model
Coronavirus
COVID-19
Behavioral immune system

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