Post-pandemic travel intentions of urban and rural population

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the whole world into a crisis period that caused sudden changes in the behavior and reactions of the entire world economic system, and the tourism industry was particularly affected. Such changes have especially led to behavioral changes in plans and actions related to travel and tourism. Considering this, the paper aims to investigate issues of perception and planned behavior of urban and rural residents in the Republic of Serbia after the COVID-19 pandemic. A questionnaire was applied and distributed through the Google Questionnaire Application. Data collection and processing was performed in SPSS statistical software package. The results of the research showed that the pandemic only temporarily stopped decisions regarding tourism and travel, and that they will be compensated immediately after the pandemic ends.