Hostel Readiness Level to Support Solo Travel in Mueang District, Phuket Province

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Parichon Wimonmueang
Sangkae Punyasiri

Abstract

This research aimed at studying The potential of hostel to support Solo Travel in  Mueang district at Phuket province. The research tool used in this research is the questionnaire. Reliability of the questionnaire equals to .77, with 5 level rating scales that are arranged in ascending order samples of this research are from the tourists who using the hostel's service in Mueang district at Phuket province for a total of 400 samples. The data collected was analyzed by means, Standard Deviation (S.D.). The foreign guests have the needs in potential of  hostel to support Solo Travel in Mueang district at Phuket province ordering as per the 4 factors of the needs: the guest rooms and toilets at most, followed by the skills, the location, and the security, respectively.

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Wimonmueang, P. . ., & Punyasiri , S. . (2020). Hostel Readiness Level to Support Solo Travel in Mueang District, Phuket Province. Dusit Thani College Journal, 13(1), 168–183. Retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journaldtc/article/view/241011
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