Abstract:
COVID-19, which is a new type of coronavirus disease, has affected the whole world in a very
short time, hundreds of thousands of people to die and the physical and mental health of billions
of people to deteriorate. It was determined that people's understanding of the holiday has been
changed significantly during the pandemic period. Under normal conditions, the economic and
social preferences of consumers are in the forefront in making travel decisions, whereas it is
understood that psychological preferences became more evident in pandemic periods. It is aimed
to reveal the relationship between tourists' travel concerns and intentions to travel during the
COVID-19 pandemic period. In order to test the hypotheses of the study, quantitative research
method was used in the field research. The application was made online due to pandemic
conditions and it reached 410 people. Frequency, percentage, standard deviation, factor analysis,
correlation and regression analyze were used in the study. According to the results of this study,
it has been found that there are significant relationships between fear of COVID-19, travel
anxiety and travel intention. Furthermore, as a result of the regression analysis, it was determined
that travel anxiety has an effect on travel intention.
