Abstract:
This research was to investigate the perceptions of crime safety of foreign tourists and its effects on their revisits and tourist site introductions to other foreign tourists. The study was focused on 400 tourists in Khaosarn Road, Bangkok. Frequency, means, standard deviation, ANOVA and MCA (multiple classification analysis) were used in its statistical data analyses. Results disclosed that foreign tourists inviting other foreign tourists to visit Khaosarn Road, Bangkok were male, older than 24 years old from Europe, who took their first trip and travelled alone directly and the aim of their visit was recreation. Regarding their perception on crime and safety was that they were more worried about property crime, because of the choice of opportunity and the target in which offenders found potential and high returns worthy of the risk regardless, whether it was theft, gang robbery, snatching, illegal goods, drugs or prostitution, or pirated goods. In addition, foreign tourists felt they were being taken advantage of with expensive prices and services which included trouble and frustration with street vendors. Their perception of criminal information was mostly when they had already arrived in Thailand and was through word-of-mouth alarms from other foreign tourists, entrepreneurs and the tourist police. Such word-of-mouth approaches, impressed them, and left them feeling secure in their visit. These results influenced the introduction to other foreign tourists at 40.1 % (Multiple R=401) which helped to explain the introduction to other foreign tourists at 16.1% (Multiple R Squared = .161). It was concluded that the perception on crime and safety of foreign tourists influenced revisits and tourist site introductions for other foreign tourists at a statistical significance of .05.