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The Study on the Effect of Eco-Tourist's Attitude, Behavior and Satisfaction on Tour Expenses at Suncheon Bay

순천만 생태관광객의 태도와 행태, 만족도가 관광소비에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Eun-Byul (Regional Planning & Design Lab, Graduate School, Dankook University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Dankook University) ;
  • Choi, Hee-Sun (Division of Environment Assessment Research, Korea Environment Institute)
  • 박은별 (단국대학교 대학원 관광지역계획 연구실) ;
  • 김현 (단국대학교 녹지조경학과) ;
  • 최희선 (한국환경정책.평가연구원)
  • Received : 2013.10.10
  • Accepted : 2014.01.22
  • Published : 2014.02.28
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Abstract

Eco-tourism has been recognized as a form of sustainable development that simultaneously satisfies the need for environmental preservation and the activation of local economies. Although some research findings relating to its positive environmental and social effects have been published, there is still controversy regarding its pros and cons in terms of its actual economic benefits, and little research about how they can be increased. Thus, the following research analyzes how the tour activities, attitudes and satisfaction of 314 actual visitors was related with their consumption behaviors, by surveying tourists to Suncheon Bay, a highly popular destination with a large number of visitors. The results are as follows. First, if the tourists were involved in a link-up tour, had prior eco-tourism experience, or had researched information on SunCheon bay eco-tourism before their visit, these were all positively correlated with consumption behaviors, and increased the amount of money they spent. In particular, among tour spending activities, accommodation cost is shown to be highly correlated with tour activities. Second, Free Independent Tourist(FIT) tended to show more positive tour attitudes than package tourists, spending more on accommodation and experience programs. The visitors to SunCheon Bay showed strong environmental attitudes, followed by social and cultural attitudes, and economic attitudes, in that order, and tourists with positive attitudes had a high rate of participation in experience programs. In addition, program participants showed a willingness to donate, and high satisfaction. Therefore, the following thesis proposes that Free Independent Tourist(FIT) should be induced to increase their contribution to the local eco-tourism economy, and highlights the need to develop various experience programs, aggressive advertisements and educational activities.

생태관광은 환경보전과 지역활성화를 동시에 만족시키는 지속가능한 개발의 대표유형으로 각광을 받고 있다. 생태관광의 긍정적인 환경적, 사회문화적 영향에 대한 연구결과는 발표되고 있으나, 실제 경제적 가치에 대해서는 긍정적 의견과 부정적 의견이 엇갈리고 있으며, 경제적 효과를 높이기 위한 요인에 대한 연구는 거의 이루어지지 않았다. 이에 본 연구에서는 한국 생태관광지 중 가장 많은 방문객수를 기록하고 있는 순천만의 실제 방문객 314명을 대상으로 관광행태와 태도, 그리고 만족도가 그들의 소비활동과 어떤 연관성을 가지는지 분석하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 연계관광 유무, 생태관광 경험 유무, 방문 전 순천만 생태관광에 대한 정보유무는 관광소비활동에 영향을 미쳤으며, 특히 관광소비활동 중 숙박비 지출과 관광행태와의 유의성이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 개별관광객(FIT)은 단체관광객보다 적극적인 관광태도를 가지고 있으며 숙박비, 체험 프로그램 이용비 지출이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 순천만 관광객은 환경적, 사회문화적, 경제적 순으로 긍정적인 태도를 보였으며, 긍정적인 태도를 지닌 관광객의 체험 프로그램 참여가 높았다. 또한 프로그램 참여자의 기부 의사가 높고, 만족도 또한 가장 높았다. 생태관광객의 지역경제 기여도를 높이기 위해 단체관광보다는 개별관광을 유도하고, 생태관광 체험 프로그램 참여를 독려하는 것이 요구되며, 주변 관광자원과의 연계, 다양한 체험 프로그램 개발, 적극적인 정보 전달과 사전교육의 필요성이 고찰되었다.

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