Behavior and Motivation of Thai Tourists Traveling on Religious Tourism Thevalai Phra Phikhanet, Huai Khwang District, Bangkok
Keywords:
Behavior, Motivation, Religious Tourism, Ganesha TempleAbstract
This research has as its objective 1) To study the behavior of Thai tourists in religious tourism Thevalai Phra Phikhanet, Huai Khwang District, Bangkok Province 2) To study the motivation of Thai tourists in religious tourism Thevalai Phra Phikhanet , Huai Khwang District, Bangkok Province and 3) To compare different demographic data of Thai tourists with their motivation for religious tourism Thevalai Phra Phikhanet , Huai Khwang District, Bangkok Province The sample group used in the research was 400 Thai tourists traveling to Thevalai Phra Phikhanet, Huai Khwang District, Bangkok Province, at random The research tool is a questionnaire. Statistics used in data analysis include percentages, means, and standard deviations. and compare the differences with the F-test. The results of the study found that 1) Thai tourists traveling to the Thevalai Phra Phikhanet, Huai Khwang District, Bangkok Province. Most are female, aged During 20 – 30 years, bachelor's degree studies Have a career as an employee of a private company and have an income in the range of 15,001 – 20,000 baht 2) Behavior of Thai tourists traveling to Thevalai Phra Phikhanet, Huai Khwang District, Bangkok Province Most travel 2 – 3 times a year with the objective of asking for blessings and praying about finances. Travel come travel during the weekend. The person traveling together is a friend. Travel by public transport The cost for each trip is less than 500 baht and receive information about Thevalai Phra Phikhanet from TIKTOK (Tik Tok) 3) Motivation for traveling in descending order there are 3 orders of magnitude: environmental factors, followed by emotions and feelings. and physical aspects, respectively, and 4) The results of comparing differences found that gender, age, and educational level were different. Have motivation to travel to Thevalai Phra Phikhanet , Huai Khwang District, Bangkok Province no different But groups with different careers and incomes found that the motivation for traveling to Thevalai Phra Phikhanet, Huai Khwang District, Bangkok Province was different, with statistical significance at the 0.05 level
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