Abstract:
This research aims to study marketing mix in services that play roles in the selection of tourist destination in SaKaeo Province. The objective is to understand the relationship and the degree of importance of the factors in the marketing mix in tourism services has over the choice of destinations. The sample size includes 400 tourists to SaKaeo province. The questionnaire is in the 5-level-value format. The data was analyzed using the mean average value, the standard deviation. The Chi-Square model is used to verify the hypothesis. The degree of confidences is at 85.13% or 0.8513
The research results are as follows:
1. The touring behavior of the sample group indicates that 70.7% is interested in the eco-tour. The percentage is higher than that of the cultural tour.
2. Regarding the 8Ps marketing mix in tourism service, the sample group places high priority on the Product, Service People Programming Process Partnership and the network and alliance, Further they give some importance to the Place or Distribution Channel and the Promotion factors.
3. Regarding the study of the relationship between marketing mix factors and the selection of tourist destination in SaKaeo Province it can be concluded that Price and Place are not correlated. In a contrary Product, Promotion, People, Programming, Process and Partnership are correlated with the selection of tourist destination. The correlation is significant at 0.05.