The Border Trade Entrepreneurs' Opinions in Songkhla Province on the Reopening of Border Checkpoints between Thailand and Malaysia

Abstract

          The objectives of this research were 1) to study the level of the business entrepreneurs’ opinion in Songkhla Province towards reopening the Thai-Malaysian border checkpoint. 2) to compare their opinion according to business operators and information perception factors about reopening the Thai-Malaysian border checkpoint. Samples were 210 entrepreneurs in Songkhla province. The questionnaire was the tool for data collection. Statistic tools for data analysis were percentage, mean, standard deviation, analysis of variance, and statistical significance at the 0.05 level. The result of the research indicated 1) the level of entrepreneur opinion in Songkhla Province towards reopening the Thai-Malaysian border checkpoint was at a high level with an average of 3.91. 2) The comparison result indicated that entrepreneurs with differences in types of business, monthly income, business area, business operation duration, registered capital, frequency of receiving information, and information content caused no differences in the opinion.  While entrepreneurs in Songkhla province with the difference in types of business ownership and information perception channel caused differences in the opinion toward the reopening of the Thai-Malaysian border checkpoint at 0.05 level.