ระบบสารสนเทศภูมิศาสตร์เพื่อวิเคราะห์พฤติกรรมนักท่องเที่ยวผู้สูงอายุชาวไทยและชาวต่างชาติในจังหวัดอุดรธานี

Abstract

The objectives this research are to study the distribution of tourism, and to analyze the density, travelling patterns and behaviors of 2 tourist groups, i.e. senior Thai tourists, and senior foreign tourists, in Udon Thani province. From the field survey, 25 tourist attractions were found. The pattern of tourism distribution was analyzed by using spatial statistics. By analysis of average nearest neighbor index, the proportion of nearest neighbors equals to 0.764704, standard deviation equals to -2.250690, the ratio of the probability is 0.024405, and a distribution model is formed as the island (clustered) group  along the travelling route. Communication  is very dense in Muang Udon Thani district, Ban Phu district, and Na Yung district. To analyze the density of senior tourists, the samples consisted of 400 elderly tourists  which were calculated from the formula of the neck Cranbrook (Cochran) with the proportion of the population that does not know whether Thai or foreign tourists. It was found that they were concentrated in the most densely populated areas, i.e. Dung district, Muang Udon Thani district, and Kumphawapi district, especially Kam-Chanot Wang Nakin place, Central Plaza Udon Thani, red lotus lake, and Wat Paphukon. For travelling patterns and behaviors of elderly tourists, most of them are female and have been resident in the province. Most senior foreign tourists traveled from Vientiane  and Luang Prabang, Laos, by private car with their families. The tours take about 1-2 days during the holiday Saturday-Sunday with the budgets of 10,000 baht for senior foreign tourists and about 1,000-2,000 baht for senior Thai tourists, and mainly with the purposes of leisure travel, cultural education, and good health.