2010, Vol.34, No.2

Journal of Tourism Sciences 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 2.7

pISSN : 1226-0533 / eISSN : 2713-6388
https://journal.kci.go.kr/JTS

The loss of authenticity of cultural properties has been actively discussed in recent years. This paper investigates cultural properties as tourism [toured] objects in the postmodern tourism. First, this study argues that the authenticity of cultural resources could be understood better by a continuum approach, from complete authenticity, through various stages of partial authenticity, to complete falseness than by a dichotomous approach between premodern 'authentic' and modern 'inauthentic.' It also suggests that cultural authenticity needs to be addressed through ontological authenticity because, in the postmodern era, culture undergoes a process of collapse due to the constant collision between the real world and imaginary world. This, in turn, proposes that commoditization of culture through tourism does not necessarily cause the loss of cultural authenticity. Rather it might provide opportunities for reconstruction of traditional culture and establishment of cultural identity.

Based on the ritualization theories and empirical studies in other fields, this study developed a scale to measure the level of ritualization of a heritage tourism destination It also explored the effects of ritualization of a heritage tourism destination on the visitors' post-trip attitude toward the destination. Data were collected from 845 people at three heritage tourism destinations in Korea including Gyeongbok Palace, Shin Luk Temple, and Hahoe Folk Village. Results of a factor analysis suggested 4 different factors of the ritualization. Results also showed that the ritualization of tourist behavior tended to make a signifiant positive effect on the visitors' post-trip attitude while the ritualization of the destination space did not. Several practical implications and limitations of the study were also discussed.

This study aimed to understand the image formation process of convention planners toward a convention destination. A grounded theory approach was adopted as the research method. Data were collected from exhaustive in-depth interviews with eighteen convention planners and were analyzed via the open coding, axial coding and selective coding. 18 categories related to the image formation process were identified in the open coding. Then, a paradigm model of image formation for convention destinations was presented. This suggested that the image of a convention destination was found to be formed, changed and finalized over time, going through such multiple phases as exploration, experience, relation formation, reflection and integration. In selective coding, correction of confusion was identified as the core category in the image formation process and, and four types of confusion correction were presented. Based on the analysis, the study developed a model of image formation process of convention destinations.