Theory of planned behavior: Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on camping intention in Hong Kong

This study aims to assess the change of camping intention and camping behaviour under the COVID-19 pandemic, and investigate the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the camping intention among Hong Kong people with an application of the theory of planned behaviour as the theoretical framework of this study for understanding camping intention. An online survey was conducted in Hong Kong in 2022 under COVID-19 pandemic, and 178 valid responses are received. The structural model analysis by AMOS 27 was used to test testing the model fit of the theory of planned behaviour in understanding camping intention under COVID-19 pandemic. This study found that attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control are significantly and positively related to camping intention under the COVID-19 pandemic, with attitude has the highest relative importance among three constructs, and the theory of planned behaviour helps understanding camping intention under COVID-19 pandemic to a large extent.