@article{(Open Science Index):https://publications.waset.org/pdf/16885,
	  title     = {Tourist Satisfaction and Loyalty toward Service Quality of the Online Tourism Enterprises},
	  author    = {Wanida Suwunniponth},
	  country	= {},
	  institution	= {},
	  abstract     = {The objectives of this research paper were to study the expectation and satisfaction of tourists in five tourism service quality dimensions, namely, website quality, service ability, trust ability, customer empathy, and responsiveness to customer and also to study the influences of satisfaction affecting loyalty toward quality service of the online tourism enterprises located in Bangkok Thailand. This research utilized both quantitative and qualitative research methods. In terms of quantitative method, a questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data from 400 tourists who were using in online travel services. Statistics analysis included descriptive statistics, t-test and Multiple Regression Analysis. In terms of qualitative analysis, an in-depth interview and content analysis were used along with 10 individual management levels of e-commerce enterprises.

The results revealed that the respondents had higher expectations than their level of satisfaction in all five categories. However, the respondents were more satisfied with online travel services than without online service. The demographic factors such as gender and age had no influence on the level of satisfaction whereas the demographic factors of education, occupation, and income had influenced the level of satisfaction. The test results also indicated that the level of satisfaction from responsiveness to customer had the highest influence on the loyalty of tourists who used online travel. The level of satisfaction from customer empathy had the highest influence on the tourists to recommend others to use online travel services. Also, the level of satisfaction from service ability had the highest influence on tourists to take an actual trip.
},
	    journal   = {International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering},
	  volume    = {7},
	  number    = {8},
	  year      = {2013},
	  pages     = {2461 - 2464},
	  ee        = {https://publications.waset.org/pdf/16885},
	  url   	= {https://publications.waset.org/vol/80},
	  bibsource = {https://publications.waset.org/},
	  issn  	= {eISSN: 1307-6892},
	  publisher = {World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology},
	  index 	= {Open Science Index 80, 2013},
	}