Loyalty of International Tourists Toward Historical Tourism

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Puangpanot Sobkhunthot
Kwunkamol Donkwa
Chatchai Pitsaphol

Abstract

The purposes of this study are; 1) To analyze the level of International Tourists' opinions toward the tourism marketing mix of historical sites, 2) To analyze the level of International Tourists' opinions toward the loyalty of the historical sites, and 3) To analyze the level of International Tourists' opinions toward the tourism marketing mix of historical sites influencing on destination loyalty of historical sites. This study focused on the target population as International tourists visiting Phimai Historical Park and Phanomrung Historical Park from 120 samples by using a questionnaire. The data was analyzed with descriptive statistic methods consisting of mean, standard deviation, and with inferential statistic methods by using Multiple Regression Analysis.


              The results of the study revealed that; international tourists had a rather high level of opinion on marketing mix factors of historical tourist sites . There was a high level of Cost to Customer factor opinions . As for the overall factor of loyalty to historical sites, the opinions were at a high level    . The intention to recommend is at the highest level in the first order. Besides, factors that positively affect the level of loyalty to the overall historical sites of International Tourists is the factor of cost to customer (= 0.348), the value factors consisting Customer Value, Convenience, Communication, Completion, Corporation, Circumstances, and Connectivity have a positive effect on the level of loyalty to the overall historical sites, but is not acceptable statistically significance.

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Sobkhunthot, P., Donkwa, K., & Pitsaphol, C. (2020). Loyalty of International Tourists Toward Historical Tourism. WMS Journal of Management, 9(1), 65–80. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/wms/article/view/237905
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Puangpanot Sobkhunthot

School of Management Technology, Institute of Social Technology, Suranaree University of Technology. 111 University Avenue, Subdistrict Suranaree, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 Thailand

Kwunkamol Donkwa

School of Management Technology, Institute of Social Technology, Suranaree University of Technology. 111 University Avenue, Subdistrict Suranaree, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 Thailand

Chatchai Pitsaphol

School of Management Technology, Institute of Social Technology, Suranaree University of Technology. 111 University Avenue, Subdistrict Suranaree, Muang, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 Thailand

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