Influences of Content Marketing on Tourism Decisions Making in Khon Kaen Province

Authors

  • Putthasak Kumjorn Lecturer, Bachelor of Business Administration Major Tourism and Hospitality, Faculty of Business Administration and Information Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan Khon Kaen campus
  • Kammalanon Choprukchan Bachelor’s Student, Bachelor of Business Administration Major Start-up Tourism and Hospitality, Faculty of Business Administration and Information Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan Khon Kaen campus
  • Pornnatcha Opthom Bachelor’s Student, Bachelor of Business Administration Major Start-up Tourism and Hospitality, Faculty of Business Administration and Information Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan Khon Kaen campus
  • Thanmika Silong Bachelor’s Student, Bachelor of Business Administration Major Start-up Tourism and Hospitality, Faculty of Business Administration and Information Technology, Rajamangala University of Technology Isan Khon Kaen campus

Keywords:

content Marketing, tourism decisions making, Khon Kaen province

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the tourists’ using social media behavior in Khon Kaen province and study content marketing influencing the decision-making to travel to Khon Kaen Province. This was a quantitative research study using questionnaires collected from a group of 400 tourists who were traveling to Khon Kaen province. The statistics used in the data analysis included percentages, means, and standard deviations. The inferential statistical analysis was a multiple linear regression analysis.

The research results found that most Thai tourists are female, aged 18 – 22 years, had average-income students. Most of them have less than 10,000 baht and domicile from the northeast. For the use of social media behavior, the most frequently used application was Instagram at 38.80 percent. The frequency of social media usage per day was mostly more than 7 times per day at 65 percent. The duration of social media usage was more than 1.30 hours at 34.30 percent. The most use of social media period was between 20.00 - 00.00 hours at 58.80 percent. The purpose that most respondents were interested in on social media was for entertainment at 40.7 percent. The content that respondents chose to remember the most through social media was mostly video at 51 percent. For hypothesis testing, it was found that tourism video content, tourism photo album content, and travel quotes content had a significant positive influence on travel decision making to Khon Kaen province at a significant level of 0.01, and tourism promotion content had a positive influence on travel decision making to Khon Kaen province at a significant level of .05. However, live-streaming content had no significant influence on the travel decision making to Khon Kaen province.

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2024-07-02

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