Abstract:
This research aimed to study and compare the sport tourism behavior of football fanclub in Thailand professional football league in different regions, and also their needs for sport tourism concerning other tourism factors. The sample group was 420 of football fanclub in Thailand professional football league. Surveys were conducted and the collected data were treated with statistical methods in terms of frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. ANCOVA was tested by chi-square while one-way ANOVA was used by F-test. LSD test was used in the case of multiple comparisons. Findings are as follows. Most of the participants had been to a match for about one to five times per season with a companion. They arrived at the province on the day itself and depart back right after. They chose personal transport for convenience. Also, they had been traveling for leisure in the province and to nearby provinces, where the match was held, before and after the match. For convenience, they had selected their accommodation to be hotels, resorts, and bungalows, which were booked via phone. During the trips, the most popular activity was buying local goods and souvenirs. Participants from different regions had different behaviors in sport tourism with a statistical significance level of 0.05, except for the number of times to a football league match (outside province of residence) per season, the safety reason for choosing transportation methods, the reason for choosing other transportation types, the reason for traveling for leisure in that province, and the accommodation booking channel. The demand for sport tourism was significantly affected by Accommodation (Mean=3.35), Transportation and Logistic (Mean=3.34), Food and beverages (Mean=3.32), and lastly by Local goods and souvenirs (Mean=3.30). The demand of participants from different regions differed regarding tourist attractions and local goods and souvenirs with a statistical significance level of 0.05.