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In this chapter, we aim to explore holiday-corruption from a tourist’s perspective in order to establish its potential impact on their travel-related perceptions and behaviour. Reviewing existing literature and starting with a simple ‘perception-behaviour’ conceptual framework, the exposure to holiday-related corruption incidents and the corresponding impact of this exposure to travel-related behaviour and preferences is examined and discussed. More specifically, our analysis is based on the results of a survey involving 268 respondents; following a descriptive and inferential statistical evaluation of the collected data. The results suggest that exposure to corruption-related incidents during holidays is by no means an exception and it does have a significant influence on travel preferences and behaviour (pre-, during, and post-holiday). Moreover, our findings underline the role and importance of local authorities in dealing with corruption in this context. Finally, the research implications for destination development and management are discussed.
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A variable is regarded to be ordinal when the data it produces (values) represent categories with some intrinsic ranking. Examples of ordinal variables include attitude scores representing degree of satisfaction or confidence and preference rating scores.
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Papathanassis, A., Dinu, N.R. (2019). The ‘Broken Marbles Theory’: Exploring Tourists’ Perceptions of Corruption and Their Impact on Travel Behaviour. In: Papathanassis, A., Katsios, S., Dinu, N.R. (eds) Yellow Tourism. Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94664-1_6
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