Education of relations between information exposure adout ecotourism with knowledge, attitudes and tourism behavior of Thai Tourists in Janthaburi Province
Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to study the research participants exposure
to information about Ecotourism , the different between their demographic factors and
exposure to information about Ecotourism , Knowledge, Attitudes and behavior in
ecotourism and Relations between Information Exposure about Ecotourism with
Knowledge, Attitudes and tourism behavior
This study was a survey conducted using a questionnaire. The sample included
400 Thai tourists chosen through multi-stage sampling. Data were analyzed using
percentages, means, standard deviation, t-test, Analysis of Variance and Pearsons
correlation coefficients.
The results showed that
1. Thai tourists were exposed to information about ecotourism mostly from TV
2. Differences in sex, hometown, educational level, profession, income and type
of tourists were related to differences in exposure to information about ecotourism
3. Differences in sex, age, hometown, status, educational level, profession,
income and type of tourists were related to differences in knowledge of ecotourism
4. Differences in educational level, income were related to differences in
attitude of ecotourism
5. Differences in sex, hometown, status, educational level, profession, income
and
type of tourists were related to differences in ecotourism behavior
6. Exposure about ecotourism was related to knowledge of ecotourism by the
same way
7. Exposure about ecotourism was related to attitude of ecotourism by the
same way
8. Exposure about ecotourism was related to behavior in ecotourism by the
same way
9. knowledge of ecotourism was related to attitude of ecotourism by the
same way
10. knowledge of ecotourism was related to behavior ecotourism by the
same way
11. attitude of ecotourism was related to behavior ecotourism by the
same way