Marian Plum Grower’s Opinions toward Development of Agro-Tourism in Nakhon Nayok Province

Abstract

          The objective of this research were 1) to study personal factors and economic factors 2) to study Marian Plum grower opinions towards development of Agro-tourism in Nakhon Nayok Province 3) to compare Marian Plum growers opinions towards development of Agro-tourism in Nakhon Nayok Province classified by personal factors and economic factors. The simple consisted of 177 Marian Plum growers in Nakhon Nayok Province. Data were collected by using questionnaire. Statistical analyses were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum and maximum. Using t-test, ANOVA. The result of this research found that most Marian Plum growers are female (59.89%) with an average are 60 years old, attained no formal education to primary school (48.59%), main occupation was farmer (71.75%), average income was 14,322 Bath/month, average household member were 3 persons.  Their opinions on the development of Agro-tourism in Nakhon Nayok Province overall at the high level (  = 4.17).  Hypothesis testing found that Marian Plum growers who differed in education level and income per month would differ in opinions towards development of Agro-tourism in Nakhon Nayok Province overall at 0.05 level of significance.