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The Effect of SNS Tourism Information Characteristics on the Determinant Factor of Internet Travel Products Purchase

SNS 여행정보특성이 온라인 여행상품 구매결정요인에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • 전창석 (남서울대학교 관광경영학과)
  • Received : 2017.11.15
  • Accepted : 2018.02.15
  • Published : 2018.02.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the important factor of internet travel product purchase according to the characteristics of SNS tourism information. The characteristics of SNS tourism information perceived by travel product consumers are investigated as four major dimensions; reliability, interest, interaction, and usefulness. 17 items of online travel product purchase are adopted and produced four factors namely; safety, price & cost, customer service and convenience. We confirm that consumer have high importance on reliability consider convenience as most important factor of online travel product purchase. Interest of SNS tourism information have significant relation with price & cost, and Usefulness and Interaction of SNS tourism information have significant relation with customer service of online travel product purchase.

본 연구는 SNS 여행정보 특성과 온라인 여행상품 구매결정요인간의 관계를 검토하고자 실시하였다. 소비자들이 인식하는 SNS 여행정보에 대한 특성은 신뢰성, 흥미성, 상호작용성 및 유용성의 4가지 차원으로 나타났으며 온라인 여행상품 구매결정요인은 선행연구를 통해서 17개 문항을 선정하였으며 요인분석을 통해 4가지 차원 즉, 안전성, 가격 및 비용, 고객서비스, 이용 편리성으로 구분되었다. 분석결과 SNS 여행정보에 대한 신뢰성이 높은 집단은 온라인 구매결정요인 중에서 이용편리성을 중요시하고 SNS 여행정보의 흥미성에 대한 인식이 높을수록 가격 및 비용을 중요시하고 SNS 여행정보의 상호작용에 대한 인식, 유용성에 대한 인식이 높을수록 모두가 고객서비스 요인을 중요시하는 것으로 나타났다.

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