Abstract:
This study aims to examine the association between relationship marketing factors and customers satisfaction: the case of tour companies customers in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. The samples were 400 customers who used to use the services of tour companies in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai. The questionnaires were used to collect the data. The descriptive statistics technique was utilized to analyze the data and hypotheses were tested by multiple regression analysis.
The results revealed that the majority of the respondents were female, marital status of single, between 21 and 30 years of age, obtained bachelor degree and had been working for private sectors with monthly of income more than 30,000 baht per month. Most of them used to travel abroad with their families more than one time per year by tour companies. In addition, Facebook was the main source to search information regarding tour companies. In terms of relationship marketing of tour companies relating to communication, attention, commitment, comfort and conflict resolution, they were rated by informants at a high level of importance. A satisfaction toward traveling with respect to good services of the tour guides was rated at the highest level. In addition, comfort throughout the trip, good impression from the staffs services, safety throughout the trip and tourist attractions organized were rated at a high level of satisfaction.
Hypotheses testing results revealed that relationship marketing factors in terms of communication, commitment, comfort and conflict resolution were significantly related to customer satisfaction at the 0.01 level, while the relationship marketing factor in terms of attention was related to customer satisfaction at a statistical significance of the 0.10 level.