สังคมสูงวัยกับรูปแบบการท่องเที่ยว: ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการตัดสินใจในการเลือกรูปแบบการท่องเที่ยวของผู้สูงอายุในเขตกรุงเทพฯและปริมณฑล (Ageing Society and Tourism Patterns: Factors Determining Decision-Making on Selection of Tourism Patterns of Elderly People in Bangkok and Vicinity)

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วสวัตติ์ สุติญญามณี (Vasavat Sutinyamanee)

Abstract

This research aims to study factors determining decision making on selection of tourism patterns of Thai elderly people in Bangkok and vicinity. The research sample consisted of 500 elderly people in Bangkok Metropolitan Area and vicinity, obtained by cluster sampling. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and advanced statistics of ordered logistic regression to analyze the behaviors of Thai elderly people in Bangkok and vicinity regarding decision making on selection of three tourism patterns, namely, cultural tourism, health tourism, and eco-tourism. The results revealed that the elderly people in Bangkok and vicinity decided to choose health tourism with the factors of age, average monthly incomes, and physical limitations of the elderly tourists correlating with the decision making on selection of the tourism patterns. This is what tourism attractions need to take into consideration in order to improve their services to respond to the needs of the elderly tourists.

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(Vasavat Sutinyamanee) ว. ส. (2019). สังคมสูงวัยกับรูปแบบการท่องเที่ยว: ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการตัดสินใจในการเลือกรูปแบบการท่องเที่ยวของผู้สูงอายุในเขตกรุงเทพฯและปริมณฑล (Ageing Society and Tourism Patterns: Factors Determining Decision-Making on Selection of Tourism Patterns of Elderly People in Bangkok and Vicinity). Sripatum Review of Humanities and Social Sciences, 19(1), 95–109. Retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/spurhs/article/view/193310
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บทความวิจัย

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