Abstract:
The objectives of this research were (1) to study the perception of quality, destination
image, satisfaction, and attitudinal loyalty of tourists (2) to investigate the relationship among
perceived quality, destination image, and satisfaction towards attitudinal loyalty of tourists (3) to
explore the influence of tourist satisfaction as a linkage factor between destination image and
tourist attitudes loyalty; and (4) to discover recognize quality as a regulatory factor, direct
influence, and indirect influence that the destination image has on the tourist attitudes loyalty. The population was Thai tourists visiting the OTOP Nawatwithi tourism community in 8 provinces, namely Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Nan, Phayao. Phrae, Mae Hong Son, Lamphun, Lampang consisted of 349 persons. It was a combined research by using descriptive statistics to analyze the percentage, frequency, and standard deviation. Inferential statistics were used for relationship analysis with structural equations. Besides, influence analysis was directed with PROCESS, and qualitative research was provided for data classification and content analysis.
The research results in descending order were (1) perceived quality, followed by (2)
satisfaction, (3) attitudes loyalty and (4) destination image according to the tourists' point of view
found that all factors were of high importance.
The results of the correlation analysis between the influences of tourist satisfaction on
tourist destination area loyalty at the perceived quality preferences was significant. There was a
path coefficient of 0.459, the influence of the destination region's image on the satisfaction was
significant with the path coefficient of 0.396. The influence of the destination area's image on the attitudinal loyalty was significant equal to 0.147
The analysis of the influences of tourist satisfaction as a factor linking destination image with attitudinal loyalty had a significantly higher positive influence on destination image at 0.01, with the influence of perceived quality as a factor direct and indirect influences that the destination image had on attitudinal loyalty with a structural equation. It was found that tourists perceived higher quality of OTOP Nawatwithi community when they were satisfied along the indirect route through attitudinal tourist satisfaction would be higher.
Research results, both quantitative and qualitative, resulted in new knowledge gained from content and data / information analysis. It was found that the interaction between the natural environment and the social environment and the motivation of tourists resulted in the tourists being more loyal to the destination area, which consisted of three factors: (1) natural and social environment (2) tourism incentives and (3) loyalty to the destination area that reinforces the OTOP tourism industry to grow by being driven by the community.