The purpose of this research are to : 1) Study personal factors of tourists 2) study purchasing behavior on handcraft products of tourist 3) Study the marketing mix factors used to make a purchase decision 4) Find the relationship between personal factors and purchasing behavior 5) Comparison of the importance of marketing mixfactors used in decision making to buy handicraft products in Samut Songkhram Floating Market. The samples were 400 Thai tourists who came to visit and purchase handicraft products in Samut Songkhram Floating Market. The instruments used included: Statistical questionnaire used in data analysis viz frequency percentage mean standard deviation Pearson Chisquare t-test and ANOVA. Statistical analysis by used computer program. The finding reveal that 1) Most of the tourists are females aged 21 to 25 years old. They have a bachelors degree and most of them are students with monthly average income less than 10000 baht 2) The tourists have behavior of purchasing for handicrafts first is a metal product. The purpose or the reason to decide to buy the product is to use it yourself to purchase a product once a month. Most tourists decide to purchase immediately when they see the product. The average price is approximately 51 - 100 Baht. Tourists decide to purchase by themselves. 3) Tourists focus on the marketing mix factors used to make a purchase at the highest level and when considering each side found that there are 3levels at the highest level. Sort by descending from the average is product marketing and pricing. Tourists focus on distribution at a high level. 4) Relationship between personal factors and purchasing behavior on handicraft products of tourist Samut Songkhram Floating Market found that gender age education level occupation and monthly income were correlated with the purchas in g behavior of tourists in Samut Songkhram Floating Market at the level of 0.5. and 5) Comparison of the importance of marketing m ix factors used in decision making to buy handicraft products in Samut Songkhram Floating Market found thatgender educational levels and occupations of the tourists are important to the marketing mix used in the decision to buy handicraft products in Floating Market Samut Songkhram Province is different. The age and average income per month of different tourists are important to the marketing mix used in the decision to buy handicraft products in Floating Market Samut Songkhram Province is not different at the level of 0.05.

Factors influencing the successful strengthening of supply chain management-oriented cooperation in export of Halal meat processing industry of Thailand to ASEAN countries This research aims to analyze the variables associated with factors that influence the development of a transport tourists with eco-friendly to accommodate the opening of the ASEAN logistics and to ensure the consistency of the model. Use research methods and quantitative surveys with empirical data. Contain variables with empirical data. The seven variables include factors such as the availability of resources. Factors Tour Reliability factor Environmental factors Factors of personnel quality of life. And factor shipping costs This study used quantitative research. By empirical research Questionnaires were used to collect data. The executives in the business sector in land transport of 410 people. Results show that The research also found that the availability of resources. Factors of environmental services. Factors of personnel quality of life Product Evaluation The direct positive influence on potential providers of transport tourists with eco-friendly reliability and exceptional factors. A summary of the recommendations to the land transport business in Thailand should have a transportation management system by introducing environmentally friendly transport tourists. Used in the business which would be good for the corporate image and showcase its social responsibility for the public sector should take strict measures for organizing transport by truck to the environmental standards increased.

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

The research aims to investigate the problems and needs of the Lat Mayom Floating Market community in order to find ways to develop the market and improve the ability of tourism stakeholders to welcome foreign tourists. The research methodology was qualitative and data was collected by means of in-depth interviews with 20 tourism stakeholders in Lat Mayom Floating Market and a focus group discussion with 6 of these stakeholders. The research results indicate that Lat Mayom Floating Market is centred on agricultural tourism that presents the Thai way of life. The research identified several problems faced by floating market stakeholders including: difficulty in communicating in English; lack of tourism facilities to welcome tourists in the area of the floating market; and inadequate transfer of local wisdom and knowledge of tourism management to the younger generation. Due to these problems the participants stressed the need to receive training to develop their English and tourism management skills as well as the need to improve tourism facilities at this tourist site. Possible solutions to these problems identified by the research results include a project to train locals in many topics such as basic English for tourism service techniques to welcome tourists and knowledge of sustainable tourism management. The target group of this project should be locals who live in the area of Lat Mayom Floating Market. It is important that the training program be long-term to enable locals to practice English that can be used in real situations. Participants suggested that such a program could be organised by volunteers or by the government. Recommendations for developing Lat Mayom Floating Market include raising the awareness of both locals and tourists about conserving the environment and tourist safety (especially when taking boat rides); and preserving authentic culture of locals by developing only the tourism facilities (e.g. public toilets) that need to be improved not ง developing too many facilities such as parking lots or accommodation in order to limit the number of tourists to ensure the sustainability of Lat Mayom Floating Market.

This research aimed to study Thai and foreign tourists about development guidelines of historical tourist attraction. 400 Thai and foreign tourists who came to travel at Ayutthaya Historical Park Ayutthaya province. A questionnaire was used as a research instrument. The statistics used for analyzing data were percentage mean and standard deviation. The results revealed that most the tourists were female ages 31 – 40 years old. Their education backgrounds were Bachelor’s degree. Their occupations were private companies. Their were Thai and Foreign. In general The Development Guidelines of Historical Tourist Attractions. The first of development guidelines were Attractive Factors (To what extent does each of the followings attract tourist?) and next were The capabilities to support tourism (To what extent does each of the followings support tourism?) and Management and Administration (To what extent does each of the followings affect tourism?). The top 5 of development guidelines were The remarkable and unique history Architectural and artistic beauty Greatness a good image and recognition Enough accommodations and Convenient access to tourist destinations