Paper Title :Constraints in Travel Participation: A Case of Thai Tourists Taking an Outbound Trip
Author :Raweewan Proyrungroj
Article Citation :Raweewan Proyrungroj ,
(2018 ) " Constraints in Travel Participation: A Case of Thai Tourists Taking an Outbound Trip " ,
International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS) ,
pp. 19-23,
Volume-4,Issue-7
Abstract : This study examines travel constraints and perceived risks faced by Thai tourists in travelling abroad. As the
primary aims of this study is to gain rich, in-depth, and holistic understanding of how Thai tourists perceive and interpret
their constraints and risks in taking an outbound trip, it employed an interpretive paradigm utilising qualitative research
approach. The data were drawn from 33 respondents who had never taken an outbound trip, neither by themselves nor with a
tour operator. The number of the respondents was justified by the saturation point, which is when no theme was found to
emerge from the data. These respondents were selected using purposive sampling and snowball sampling. The methods used
to collect the data include semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The collected data were analysed by
thematic analysis technique. The findings indicated that all the respondents in this study had faced limitations or constraints
in travelling abroad. These constraints could be classified into 3 main groups: (i) intrapersonal constraints (i.e. fear of
travelling with certain modes of transportation, language barriers; fear of terrorism and/or natural disaster, and having health
problems); (ii)interpersonal constraints (i.e. do not have appropriate person to accompany when travelling, and having
family burden); and (iii) structural constraints (i.e. insufficient time to travel, and insufficient budget to travel).The findings
of this research could give a valuable insight for tour operators and other tourism-related businesses on the factors or causes
that obstruct Thai tourists to take an outbound trip and how to overcome these constraints and perceived risks.
Index Terms – travel constraints, travel participation; Thai tourists; outbound trip
Type : Research paper
Published : Volume-4,Issue-7
DOIONLINE NO - IJMAS-IRAJ-DOIONLINE-12911
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