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In recent years, the considerable domestic demand of overseas travel have brought growth to the travel industry. The travel agents try to design the most suitable travel products for their target market in order to satisfy the vast demand in our society. Among the products such as spot travel, special interest tour, package tour and so on, the package tours are still welcome in our market because of their offering the real goal of recreation. This study sttempts to investigate the consumer''s behavior in travel itinerary choice by using Stated Preference Model. The Stated Preference Model is a probability model of individual selections. For the last decade, this model has also been widely used in various fields locally. However, application in marketing is still rare. Therefore, this study is an attempt to investigate the application of the Stated Preference Model in consumer''s behavior in travel itinerary choice. A model of choice behavior was also established to understand the variables affection the purchase decisions by consumers. The impact of different variables on the choice behavior was also compared. Finally, the model established was used to predict market shares and to analyze strategy sensitivity, which can provide references for management planning of strategy study to the travel agents. The results of this research indicate that most of the consumers are affected by the price of the travel product when they make decisions to select the package tour. The days and flights'' departure time of the tours are very important affecting factors to those whose age are under 40. The older they are, the more attention they will pay on the contents of the tours. The results also show that the cooperation of the model is quite good. By conducting a strategic simulation on the third alternative, which has a higher market share, through the model established in this study, it shows that the best strategy is to adjust the price 5% down to increase the market sharing.
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