Abstract:
This research aimed to study demographic factor, external environmental factors, 5 Product level Strategy of Asian people renting apartments and to compare personal factors, the influence of external environmental factors, 5 Product levels or strategic factors on the Asian peoples decision to choose to rent an apartment in Chonburi Province. The study was both quantitative research, using survey research and qualitative research, using in-depth interviews. For a quantitative study using questionnaires, the data were collected from a population group consisting of 400 Asian people renting apartments in Chonburi. And for a qualitative study, interview form was a tool for data collection. Then the data analysis was processed according to the research hypotheses by using computerized statistical program. The statistics used in data analysis consisted of frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation, consisting of t-test to test the difference between the average of 2 sample groups and one-way ANOVA to test the difference among the average of more than 2 groups. Multiple regression and content analysis were also used in the qualitative study. The study indicated that the overall environmental factor had a moderate average level, and the highest average was the economy, followed by society, and the least average was culture. Factors that affected Asian peoples decisions of renting apartment in Chonburi Province as a whole had a low average. The top averages consisted of price. The least average was marketing promotion. Strategic factors or 5 product levels had an overall low average. The highest average was the main benefit, and it was found that personal factors in all aspects, external environment factors and 5 product levels affected the Asian people to decide to choose an apartment in Chonburi Province at the statistical significance level of 0.05. From the qualitative research, it was found that most of the respondents considered the price at the highest level, and The least average was the monthly income of the staff