Food Safety in Thailand: A Comparison between Inbound Senior and Non-senior Tourists

摘要

Culinary culture differences can cause a problem for international tourists in Thailand who had concern about food safety management when dealing with the cuisine at strange tourist destinations. This paper drew upon data collection from an international tourist survey conducted in Bangkok, Thailand during summer time of 2013. Summer time is normally the period that a variety food safety issues and incidents have often gained publicized in Thailand. The survey was structured primarily to obtain European Union tourists’ concern toward a variety of food safety management they encountered during their trip in Thailand. A total of 400 respondents were European tourists in Thailand who were elicited as data input for mean and standard deviation.