Satisfaction in Qualities of Tourism Destination Management: A Case
of American Tourists in Thailand
Sakul Jariyachamsit1
, Kevin Wongleedee and Kingkan Ponsiri
International College, Suan Sunandra Rajabhat University
Abstract. A plethora of inbound tourists visit Thailand every year. However, the American tourist segment
is an astonishing small fraction of Thai tourism market share. Why? Are Americans not satisfied with their
experience in Thailand? This paper studies the level of satisfaction of American tourists concerning their
experience with the quality of tourism management received in Thailand in order to understand the post
purchase dissonance. The objectives of this paper were (a) to evaluate the level of satisfaction of American
tourists in Thailand about their experience of the qualities in three categories: products & services, tourist
destination, and tourist information and (b) to study their willingness to revisit Thailand in the future (c) to
investigate if there are differences in overall tourists’ satisfaction in terms of age and level of education. The
respondents were 400 outbound American tourists on their way back home through Suvannabhumi airport,
Thailand. Findings revealed that American tourists ranked the quality of food & beverage as their highest
satisfied in the category of product & service. The quality of shopping malls in Thailand had the highest
satisfaction rank in the category of tourist destination. The quality of tourist information from business
organizations had the highest satisfaction rank in the category of tourist information. In addition, the findings
revealed that the overwhelming 96 percent of American tourists who had already visited Thailand wanted to
revisit Thailand and as high as 97 percent of them would recommend their friends and family to visit
Thailand. Finally, analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that age and education level did not lead to
significance in overall American tourists’ satisfaction.
Keywords: Satisfaction, Quality, Tourism Management,