The purpose of this independent study was to investigate factors influencing motivation of Thai tourists visiting Black Sand Beach Laem Ngop District Trat Province. The samples used in this study were 400 Thai tourists who came to visit at Black Sand Beach Laem Ngop District Trat Province. The research instrument was a questionnaire to collect data which were analyzed through frequency percentage average values standard deviation t-test and F-test (One Way ANOVA). The study result indicated that there were more male tourists traveling to Black Sand Beach Laem Ngop District Trat than female. Most of them were single and 21-30 years old earning 15000-30000 baht per month. They lived in other central provinces rather than Bangkok and habitually traveled with the families once or twice. They obtained information from the internet and came for leisure activities that had attractively motivated them to find the adventure visit the natural tourist attractions which were friendly and quiet. In conclusion Thai tourists differed in terms of their demographic characteristics such as gender age occupation income educational level residence and status at the 0.05 level of significance; however their traveling motivation was insignificantly different

This purposes of this independent research were to 1 ) study attitudes towards saving and investment of of Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon personnel as a financial retirement preparation 2) compare attitudes towards saving and investment of of Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon personnel with different personal and external factors. The data collected from the university personnel of Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon. The samples were 238 employees and the questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data. The study result indicated that the majority of respondents of Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon were female staff 166 (69.7%) 121 (121) and 152 (63.9%). The average monthly income was 20001 - 25000 baht or 47.1 percent. Their monthly expense was 15001 - 20000 baht which accounted for 38.2 percent. The results of this study revealed that the attitudes towards saving and investment of the Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon staff were different in terms of personal factors and external factors. The attitude toward savings and investment at the overall level was high regarding Acceptance of risk acceptance expected return understanding confidence and saving and investment experiences

The purposes of this study were to study 1) personal factors affecting Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon (RMUTP) personnel’s happiness at work 2) personal factors affecting the personne’s l work ethics and 3) relationship between the ‘s personnel happiness and ethical behavior at work. 303 samples were selected using the Taro Yamane method. A questionnaire was applied as the instrument used for data collection. Statistics used for social sciences included frequency percentage mean standard deviation t-test and one-way ANOVA. The study indicated that 1. Personal factors were highly related to RMUTP personnel’s happiness at work either in the individual aspect or in the overall. 2. Personal factors were highly related to RMUTP personnel’s work ethics behavior either in the overall or in the individual aspect. 3. Happiness at work was related to RMUTP personnel’s work ethics behavior and resulted in ethical behavior of the university personnel with an average of 65.6%.

The purposes of this research are to investigate 1) personal factors contributing to the longevity of elderly 2) the dietary behavior of long-living elderly and 3) the relationship between personal factors such as:gender age BMI and dietary behavior. The samples are 29 of long-living elderly with ages more than 80 years old living in Tambon Tha Phi Liang Muang district Suphanburi province. The long-living elderly must be able to answer the questions. The statistics used to analyze data in this research are frequency percentage and Chi-Square (χ2). The data were analyzed using statistical tools. As for thier dietary behavior it was found that most long-living elderly usually have five food groups:eggs UHT milk paddy morning glory cabbage watermelon papaya and vegetable oils. They purchased these five groups of food for consumption. Boiling was the main method of cooking. They usually stored food in the refrigerator to keep them fresh. The relationship between personal factors and dietary behavior could be classified into 5 areas : types of food frequency of consumption sources of food methods of cooking and methods of food preservation. The finding found that gender age and BMI were related with food consumption. However cooking (boiling) was not related with statistically significant level at .05.

The purpose of this research are to investigate 1) personal factors of students majoring in Hotel and Tourism at Santirat Vocational College. 2) The students’ knowledge of trans fatty acids. 3) The students’ consumption behavior of trans fatty acids. 4) The relationship between the personal factors (gender age education average monthly income of students) and their knowledge of trans fatty acids. 5) The differences of consumption behavior among gender age education and average monthly income of students. The samples are 254 of vocational students. The questionnaire was used to collect the data. The statistics used to analyze data in this research were frequency percentage Mean Standard Deviation Chi-Square (χ2) t-test and ANOVA. The data was analyzed by statistical tools. It was found that most students knew very little about trans fatty acids. They sometimes consumed food with trans fatty acids. The finding also found that there were a relationship between knowledge of trans fatty acids and personal factors; gender age education and average monthly income of students with statistically significant level at .05. It was also found that different gender had different consumption behavior whereas age education average income of students were not different with statistically significant level at .05.