The motivations of visiting upscale restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of risk perception and trust in government.

ABSTRACT: Despite the massive impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on hospitality industry, only limited papers empirically examined consumer reactions to current pandemic in the context of restaurants. To fill this gap, the primary aim of this paper is to reveal how individuals' intentions to visiting upscale restaurants are affected by dining out motivations under the COVID-19 pandemic. The second aim is to investigate the moderating role of risk perceptions of COVID-19 and trust in government in building relationships. The research was conducted in Istanbul, a city deeply affected by the coronavirus. Data gathered from 681 people living Istanbul were analyzed via structural equation modeling and multi-group analysis. Findings indicated that two motivations-namely, sociability and affect regulation-have p

SUBMITTER: Dedeoglu BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756826 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature