Overseas honeymoon is not only a ceremonial event which is important to newly married couples but also a traveling phenomenon which has been repeated throughout the society.
As the society has rapidly developed , supported by popularization of touri...
Overseas honeymoon is not only a ceremonial event which is important to newly married couples but also a traveling phenomenon which has been repeated throughout the society.
As the society has rapidly developed , supported by popularization of tourism including increased income, the five-day workweek, and an aging population, overseas honeymoon has steadily increased since 1989 when freeing up overseas travel completely started in our country.
Also, consumption patterns of honeymooners has changed from quantitative consumption to qualitative consumption, and exchanging information with wedding planners or various community of each portal site, they can make a decision for their traveling package, after exploration as active agents not passive agents. Thus, it is to contribute to maximizing the satisfaction of honeymooners from selecting the destination through finishing the travel, and to increasing the qualitative level of travel agencies, to establish a healthy overseas honeymoon culture.
The result of this study in summary is as flowing.
First, the total subject of this survey were 119 persons, for gender, males accounted for 42.9% and females accounted for the higher 57.1% , and for residential districts, Seoul and capital area accounted for 78.2%, Chungcheong-province 12.6%, Jeolla-province 6.7% and etc.
In this survey, for the age group, the 26-30 age range showed the highest percentage of 57.1%, for the academic level, the graduates of universities 68.9%, for the occupation salaried workers 47.9%, for the annual income the 2~3 million won 52.9%.
For the most favored honeymoon spot, South-East Asia accounted for 45.4%, Hawaii for 25.2%, Maldives for 13.4% which showed that South-East Asia for its short flight distance and low travel expenses was most popular , then, for the preferred airline, domestic airline for 61.3%, for the travel activity when they want to do in their honeymoon relaxation for 42.9%, leisure sports 42.9%, which showed that experience and relaxation-oriented packages were popular than the sightseeing-oriented.
For the tourist agency they preferred, H tour accounted for 71.4% and the Internet-based agency for 21.8% , for the period of travel, the period of 4-6 days for 78.2% , for the expense, the range of 1,5-2 million won for 51.3%, for the choice of travel destination by both of husband and wife for 51.3% , in sequence, the consultant of a travel agency for 28.6% , and it was researched that the travel counseling had a heavy effect on the determination of the honeymoon destination as well. For payment of expenses, an equal split accounted for 52.9%, payment by grooms for 28.6% and lastly, for information gathering, the travel agency for 66.4%, which was analyzed that they attained the most information from the travel counselor.
First, as the summary of hypothesis testing, it was identified that the information source had significant effect on the purchase determinant of honeymoon packages by counseling and the economic, political condition and whether of a honeymoon spot.
Second, according to the analysis , the purchase determinant of honeymoon packages had the significant effect on the satisfaction level of honeymoon packages.
Third, it was identified that the human, physical factor had no significant effect on the satisfaction level of honeymoon packages.
According to the demographic feature, it was analyzed that while the purchase determinant of honeymoon packages showed significant differences by the age, the academic level, the annual salary and the residential place, the gender and occupation had no effect on the purchase determinant of honeymoon packages.
Fifth, for the purchase determinant of honeymoon packages according to the demographic feature, while the gender had no significant effect on the attraction of the travel spot and value of the package, the age had significant effect on the service of travel agencies, the attraction of the travel spot, hotel services. In addition, The higher academic level had no significant effect on the service of travel agencies and hotels, but had significant effect on the attraction of the travel spot and the attraction of the travel spot. The occupation had no significant effect on the purchase determinant of honeymoon packages, whereas, for civil servants , it had a slight effect on the attraction of the travel spot and the hotel services, and the annual salary had significant effect on the hotel services. lastly, it was analysed that the residential had a significant effect on the value of the package of the purchase determinant of honeymoon packages.
Based on the result of this survey and the precedented study, for the study on the effect on satisfaction level of the purchase determinant according to the information source for overseas honeymoon packages, it showed that the method of information gathering for purchasing honeymoon packages, varied according to each traveling tendency and the life style of honeymooners of the purchase determinant had various effect on the satisfaction level.
Thus, the suggested research direction on development of overseas honeymoon packages and the purchase determinant is as following.
First, it was analyzed that in the sense that honeymooners show sensitive responses to the counseling, professionalism, image and reputation of travel agencies, efforts to differentiate products and improve the brand image are required.
Second, in the sense that information gathering of honeymooners has close relations with the physical, human information factor , the strategy using the word of mouth effect by thorough post managements and internet ads is to be emphasized.
Third, for the effect on satisfaction level and the purchase determinant, according to the information source for overseas honeymoon packages, as suggested by this study, in the sense that they show sensitive responses to the service of travel agencies, the attraction of traveling spots, the hotel services and etc, the marketing strategy for selection of high quality products is needed to be established by providing adequate information which both honeymooners can recognize in order for them not to experience irrational treatment.
Fourth, in the sense that various life styles of honeymooners had a significant effect on the satisfaction level, constant development of the program to meet various desires is needed.
Fifth, the constant efforts to cultivate professional guides who can meet variously changing desires of honeymooners and honeymoon specialists to deliver the current information about the honeymoon spot are required.