อรวรรณ เหมือนภักตร์. แนวทางการพัฒนาการสื่อสารการตลาดแบบบูรณาการเพื่อส่งเสริมจังหวัดลำปางเป็นเมืองท่องเที่ยวจุดหมายปลายทาง. Doctoral Degree(Tourism and Hotel Management). มหาวิทยาลัยพะเยา.ศูนย์บรรณสารและสื่อการศึกษา. : University of Phayao, 2563.
Abstract:
The objectives of this research were as follows: 1) to explore tourism resources that can support integrated marketing communication development so as to promote Lampang Province as a tourism destination, 2) to analyze the approach for integrated marketing communication to promote Lampang Province as a tourism destination and 3) to find the direction for integrated marketing communication development approaches to promote Lampang Province as a tourism destination. It was qualitative research, using in-depth interview method for data collecting from the government/private sectors and the general public. In addition, content analysis was employed to come up with research findings along with data triangulation. It was found from the research that: 1) Resources in the area of tourism services, festivals and events e.g. Nakhon Lampang Railway Station and Ceramic Fair are elements of tourism resources readily in place to support integrated marketing communication development for promoting Lampang Province as a tourism destination. 2) In regard to analysis of integrated marketing communication to promote Lampang as a tourism destination, the study revealed that the most popular integrated marketing communication tools are public relations, electronic Media. On the other hand, direct marketing is the least popular. The target audience for tourism in Lampang is classified by their behaviours based on their 15 dream destinations. In this regard, it was found that the prominent points of Lampang are 1) a wide variety of tourism resources such as ecotourism, historical tourism, and the remarkable one is cultural tourism. 2) Lampang Province is located at the center of the upper north of Thailand, on the way connected to the tourist attractions in other nearby provinces, so it can be a stopover place for visitors, which is a strategic advantage. 3) The government has always supported the tourism activities of the Province under the government policy. However, Lampang also faces some obstructions to development such as lack of cooperation, lack of infrastructure and lack of skilled personnel in public relations in tourism. Moreover, Lampang has employed a great variety of media, but there is still no response from non-local tourists. 3) Four strategies were defined for Integrated marketing communication development approaches to promote Lampang as a tourism destination: 1) proactive integrated marketing communication strategy, 2) strategy for building the international standard and acceptance, 3) strategy for infrastructure development that supporting integrated marketing communication and 4) strategy for management and upgrading Lampang as a tourism destination