Motorcycle Tourism Behavior: A Case Study of Motorcyclists in Bangkok

Abstract

This study, Motorcycle Tourism Behavior: A Case Study of Motorcyclists in Bangkok, aims to study personal factors of motorcyclists in tourism,to study the factors of motorcycling used in touring. And to study motorcycle tourism behavior of motorcycle users residing in Bangkok.

The research employed a quantitative research. The research sample consistes of 400 Motorcyclists in tourism, residing in Bangkok. The research instrument was a questionnaire with five-level Likert scale. The data was described by frequency, percentage and standard deviation.

Most participants were male, age between 20-29 years old, had btained a bachelor degree, company employee, monthly income in the range of 10,001-20,000 baht, 5 years or more experience of driving motorcycles for tourism. The TOURING MOTORCYCEES used were Honda with the engine size of 301 cc - 400 cc. The study in tourism behavior factors revealed that tourists travel on a vacation during the months of November to December, one day trip, travel in a group or a caravan, spend not more than 1,000 baht per trip, travel in the west of Thailand and drive at a speed between 51 - 100 km / h.

This research result suggested that in stuying that Motocycle Tourism Behavior, the prerention of accidmts from motorcycle tourism
should be carried because a motocycle is a high risk vehicle in causing a damaged accident.