Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to study the results of historical Thai film consumption that affecting tourism decision. The samples were 400 Thai people, aged over 20 years old; who lived in Bangkok Metropolis and tourists who visited Naresuan Filming Location located at Surasee Military Base, Kanchanaburi Province and watched The Legend of King Naresuan. A questionnaire which content validity at 0.81 and reliability at 0.86 was used as a survey tool for collecting data. Data were statistically analyzed in terms of means, standard deviations, t-test and one-way ANOVA (F-test). After initial analysis, LSD method was also applied for the significance difference. The results were as follows: 1. The majority of the samples were female, aged between 20-30 years old, working as government officials and state enterprise employees. Their average monthly income was 10,001-20,000 Baht and the highest education level was a bachelors degree. They mostly haved watched The Legend of King Naresuan, Part I for the food for thoughts and content substances. 2. The elements of Thai film The Legend of King Naresuan, which induced tourism decision in story, character, scene and sound factors, all were in a strongly agreed level. The elements of tourism decision mostly were in the strongly agreed level. 3. Comparing the elements of historical Thai film-induced tourism decision by gender, character factor was significant differences at 0.05 level. By the average of monthly income, the scene and sound factors were significant differences at 0.05 level. By age, there was no significant differences at 0.05 level.