Abstract:
This research was aimed to study decision-making behavior in choosing entertainment service in Amphur Muang, Krabi Province, to study marketing factors affecting decision-making behavior in choosing entertainment service, to study relationship between individual factors and decision-making behavior in choosing the service, to study relationship between marketing factors and decision-making behavior in choosing entertainment service, and to study problems and suggestions of the users of entertainment service in Amphur Muang, Krabi Province. The questionnaires were randomly distributed and filled in by 400 Thai customers who used the entertainment services in Amphur Muang, Krabi Province. The statistical tests employed in data analysis were frequency, percentage, average and standard deviation, and chi square.
It was found that most of the studied population was male age between 34-40 years, Buddhist, single, holding bachelor degree, self-employed, with monthly income 10,000 - 20,000 baht. Decision-making behavior of the entertainment service users in Amphur Muang, Krabi Province was mostly for the purpose of relaxation with pubs as the most favorite. The most frequent visit pub was Room 69. The visits were made on Saturdays, 2 - 3 times a month, between 11.01 - 12.30 p.m., for 1 - 2 hours duration, with average expense over 1,200 baht per visit, and making visit in a group of 2 - 3 people with price comparison with other entertainment service beforehand. The use of service depended on the situation with the most suitable operating hour between 06.00 p.m. - 02.00 a.m. The one that was the most influential in decision making was the friend who was recommended by the other friend, marketing factors exerted strong influence on decision-making behavior of the user on entertainment services in Amphur Muang, Krabi province with evaluation value at high level. However, when consider each aspect separately it was found that every aspects did exert influence at high level with physical environment being the highest. The relationship between individual factors with decision-making behavior and the relationship between marketing factors and decision-making behavior in choosing entertainment service in Amphur Muang, Krabi province showed that every individual factor and every marketing factor was related to decision making of the users of entertainment service in Amphur Muang, Krabi province significantly at 0.05 level.