Comparative study of Thai tourists and Foreign tourists satisfaction toward to gastronomy tourism in Thailand a case study of Pattaya Chonburi Province

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  • ธนวรรณ ไหมอ่อน คณะการจัดการและการท่องเที่ยว มหาวิทยาลัยบูรพา
  • ธินิกานต์ สังข์สุวรรณ Faculty of Management and Tourism, Burapha University
  • ศักดิ์ชัย เศรษฐ์อนวัช Faculty of Management and Tourism, Burapha University

Keywords:

: Comparative, Satisfaction, Gastronomy

Abstract

The purpose of this research focuses comparative study of Thai tourists and Foreign tourists satisfaction toward to gastronomy tourism in Thailand a case study of Pattaya Chonburi Thailand. Research objective for to study comparative study of Thai tourists and foreign tourist satisfaction toward to gastronomy tourism in Thailand a case study of Pattaya, Chonburi. And to study the 7Ps marketing factors that affect to satisfaction of Thai tourist and foreign tourist. The researchers surveyed the population of Thai tourist and Foreign tourists 800 respondents. The respondents are the Thai tourist and Foreign tourists satisfaction to Street food Pattaya, Chonburi period May 1- August 30, 2018.The information gathered is analyzed using descriptive analysis, One way ANOVA and Regression linear through a SPSS program. The result perform Thai and foreigners were significantly different at the .05 level of significance. 1) Product 2) Place 3) Promotion 4) People and 5) Physical Evident There was no statistically significant difference at .05 level include 1) Price and 2) Process were found to have significant differences when comparing average between Thailand and foreign tourists can be seen clearly foreign tourists are satisfied in the individual tourists than Thailand. 1) Product 2) Place 3) Promotion and 4) Physical evident. It appears that foreign tourist satisfaction than Thai tourists.

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2019-12-28

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