#Blog5 : Information Influence

If you are deciding to visit somewhere you interest on, how can you make sure about those destination?

                Study the case from Thailand destination example according to Thailand Development and Research Institute (TDRI) showed that “About 31 percent of international tourists obtained information about Thailand from their friends. Only 15 percent got the information from tour operators whereas about 12 percent got information from both sources. To attract those who have not yet decided their holiday destination, it is necessary to impress the tourist already in Thailand. However a survey in 1990-1991 by the Intrama World Destination Monitor put Thailand second only to Hong Kong as a place where 1,450 tour operator around the world said tourists were likely to be cheated or overcharged in Asia. India came in third. Italy was considered to be the number one country in the world where tourists were most likely to be cheated.”

               Obviously from the example case, the most influential source of information for tourists’ decision-making about their vacation is the information that obtain from their friend and tour operators. The information could be the most impact for the tourist who are making their plans for the destinations, if they absorb a good detail of the information then those information could be a earned the money to the country, but if they absorb a bad detail information then those information will be also much effect to the country because the tourism business is one main economy of each country even in Thailand. How much tourist and how worth each country is, it’s depending on how good spreading out on that country do. So the tourism organization should promote all good things the country have and also do service and whatever as good as the advertising.  

               As the example case above, From the survey in 1990 – 1991 by the INTRAMA  world destination Monitor put Thailand second as a place where the tourist were likely to be cheated or overcharged , it is the effect to the tourism in Thailand  be course when the  tourist obtain this information they will have a hard time to make decision to come to and visited Thailand

               To solving the problem of the information spreading in bad way should start from the country’s action in term of human behaviors and ethic in each to do what is right to do for the foreigner tourist, the information get from the fact, if people who get involve in the tourism industry or business realize of this, a good way in formation will be obtained and we will become the one interested destination for the foreigner tourist to making decision to come so far.