Examining Destination Attractiveness Through Tourists’ Perspectives At Phu Kradueng National Park, Thailand
Table 1:
Profile | Frequency | Percentage (%) | |
Gender | Male | 200 | 43.0 |
Female | 265 | 57.0 | |
Age | < 20 | 46 | 9.9 |
21 – 30 | 142 | 30.5 | |
31 – 40 | 191 | 41.1 | |
41 – 50 | 51 | 11.0 | |
> 50 | 35 | 7.5 | |
Education | High school | 3 | 7.7 |
Diploma | 35 | 7.5 | |
Higher education degree | 393 | 84.7 | |
Occupation | Student | 93 | 20.1 |
Government employee | 157 | 34.1 | |
Private company employee | 111 | 24.1 | |
NGOs | 4 | 0.9 | |
Business owner | 55 | 12.0 | |
Casual worker | 30 | 6.5 | |
Housewives | 3 | 0.7 | |
Public enterprise officer | 3 | 0.7 | |
Others | 4 | 0.8 | |
Origin | Bangkok | 156 | 34.4 |
Northeast | 164 | 36.2 | |
Central | 77 | 17.0 | |
East | 18 | 4.0 | |
South | 23 | 5.1 | |
Visiting experience | First-time visit | 226 | 48.6 |
Revisit | 239 | 51.4 | |
Purpose for visiting PKNP | Hiking | 405 | 87.1 |
School excursion | 27 | 5.8 | |
Business | 7 | 1.5 | |
Visiting relatives | 5 | 1.1 | |
PKNP as transit route | 12 | 2.6 | |
Volunteer event | 2 | 0.4 | |
Marathon | 1 | 0.2 | |
Environmental camp | 1 | 0.2 | |
Research | 5 | 1.1 | |
Accompany | Alone | 14 | 3.0 |
Family | 72 | 15.5 | |
Friend | 303 | 65.2 | |
Lover | 61 | 13.1 | |
Colleagues | 11 | 2.4 | |
Family and friend | 4 | 0.9 | |
Trip members | Alone | 14 | 3.0 |
2 persons | 92 | 19.8 | |
3 – 5 persons | 188 | 40.4 | |
6 – 8 persons | 90 | 19.4 | |
More than 8 persons | 81 | 17.4 |