Abstract:
Nonthaburi province has potential in developing Health Tourism. These potentials include adequate infrastructure and public utilities, and natural resources. Appropriate strategies for health tourism may enhance number of tourists visiting Nonthaburi province. The study aimed to examine tourists expectation and satisfaction towarded health promoting services in order to develop appropriate marketing mix strategies for those businesses in Nonthaburi province. The data was collected from 400 respondents who used health promotion services in Nothaburi province by using questionnaire, coupled with in-depth interview of 1 government officer, 2 specialists, and 5 entrepreneurs. Data was presented using content and SWOT analysis. Marketing mix strategies were drafted from analyzed data using TOWS matrix. The result showed that after using health promotion services, respondents felt less satisfaction than their expectation (before using services). Suggestion from interviewees included; adding more variety of Thai herbs in health products, more public relation and publications were necessary, and continuous development and assessment of services personnel skills were required. Conclusion of the suggested marketing mix strategies were as follow: 1) Product development using variety of Thai herbs to create uniqueness. 2) Market segmentation was necessary. 3) Effective promotion campaigns were crucial to motivate target markets. 4) Online advertising and public relations was a cost effective channel. 5) Services assessment was necessary to maintain and improve services.