Abstract:
To study the need, satisfaction and problems the tourists have discovered during their time on Ko Samet, Rayong Province. Especially in the terms of place, facilities, management manpower, and activity program. The samples were consisted of 400 of Thai tourist who had visited Ko Samet for taking the adventure tour activity program. The important tool in collecting data is the researcher's constructed questionnaire, with the percentage value, average value, and standard deviation value ; all these factors can produce the effective outcome. They are as follows 1. The majority tourists are female, among 20-30 years of age, is a student, bachelor degree level, and income in between 5,000-10,000 THB. 2. The most need of the samplers is place matter; a nice & beautiful place. The other rest subjects are requested at the same way. For activity matter, the activities that are requested at a high level are jetski, scuba-diving, canoe, mountain-biking, and hiking. Windsurf is requested at a low level. 3. The samplers have high satisfaction in term of place, man power, and activity. But they have low satisfaction in term of toilet (amount & cleanness), bin (amount), and discount. 4. Facilities and management are the real problem in every point, for place matter the real problem in dirtiness and unsafety. 5. The tourists with different sex and occupation have needs, satisfaction and problem were no significant different but significant different in activity satisfaction and problem at .05 level.