New travel habits of university students in relation to Covid-19

Abstract

Since its emergence, Covid-19 has caused significant impacts to the livelihoods of people around the world. Thus, a question arises: once travel resumes, what will be the new trends? The main objective of this study is to provide a general overview of students’ perception on Covid-19 pandemic in relation to tourism behavior, as well as to make predictions about future behaviors in terms of travel choices. The data collection was conducted through a questionnaire, the responses were processed and analyzed using statistical analyses. This study could be useful is to understand the changes in the tourist behaviors, especially among young people. The theoretical contribution of this research is to understand the tourism tendences in relation to Covid-19 pandemic, while the implications for practice of the results of this study are to become a source of information and help for the hospitality industry, that could use these elements to understand how to reorganize and recover in the best way.