Kucukergin, Kemal GurkanOzekici, Yakup KemalSahin, Gonca GuzelTourism Management2024-07-052024-07-05202402514-97922514-980610.1108/JHTI-07-2023-04442-s2.0-85183043903https://doi.org/10.1108/JHTI-07-2023-0444https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14411/2344Küçükergin, Kemal Gürkan/0000-0003-3761-4340PurposeThis paper aims to investigate, upon taking into consideration both symmetric and asymmetric effects, how the economic and psychological impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, solidarity and future anxiety affect travel intention and the willingness to support a destination (WSD). Furthermore, the study sheds light on whether these relationships vary between domestic and international destinations.Design/methodology/approachThe data are collected from 379 potential tourists. To detect and analyze the symmetrical and asymmetric effects, the covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) and the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) are employed, respectively.FindingsIt is observed that, whereas only the effects of solidarity on travel intention and WSD differ in the CB-SEM, the fsQCA results include different recipes for the two groups.Originality/valueThere has not been much research done yet on the influence of future anxiety on tourists' decisions. Furthermore, it has not been thoroughly investigated whether solidarity has a different function for destinations within and outside of the country. In this respect, the study of both symmetric and asymmetric effects represents an important contribution to the literature.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessFuture anxietySolidarityCOVID-19Travel intentionArticleQ2WOS:001146860400001