Abstract:
This research aimed to study about logistics development for tourism in Tarutao archipelagoes, Satun province to find ways and means to upgrade its capacity for better amenities and accommodation of tourists. There were 150 samples divided into 4 groups: tourists, community group, entrepreneurs, and government officials in Tarutao archipelagoes, Satun province. The study found that the tourists overall satisfaction of the tourism logistics factors at the high level. There were 2 items that had the medium level of satisfaction: physical flow and marketing, while tourists had the little level of satisfaction in the service processes. However, when analyzing the relationship between logistic factor for tourism and return tourists satisfaction, it was found that their satisfactions were the local people, the service process, the return and share, and especially the cost. These factors were related to their returns with the statistically significant level of 0.05. According to communitys opinion, tourism logistics factor should develop the community in many ways; especially, logistics management. Entrepreneurs overall satisfaction of the logistic factor for tourism at present was rated medium. There were 2 items that had the medium level of satisfaction: tourists emergency evacuation readiness and the readiness in tourisms information, while entrepreneurs had the little level of satisfaction in
the index measures of the ability to accommodate and take tourists out of the place in an emergency, contrary to the governments opinion about readiness is at much level.
As for opinions relating to readiness and ways to improve the logistics management for tourism, all sampling groups indicated virtually the same direction of their opinions and recommendations: have more effective transportation (easy, convenient, and quick access), increase the number of trips per day, more travel channels, grouping of individuals and organizations with different duties and roles, seminars and workshops for logistic communities, increase tourist activities, direct responsible entities, and the promotion of new tourist attraction through various media channels; especially, online media.