2011, Vol.35, No.5

Journal of Tourism Sciences 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 2.7

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

This study was to identify residents' attitudes toward the restoration and rehabilitation project of Suwon Hwaseong UNESCO heritage site, which has been planned and implemented since 1999. Qualitative research methods including content analysis of newspaper articles and in-depth interviews with local residents were applied to investigate the residents' attitudes. Results showed that overall the residents possessed negative attitudes toward the restoration and rehabilitation of the heritage tourism site mostly because they have not been regarded as one of stake-holders in the planning and implementing process of the project. Another reason of local residents's negative attitude was because they had not experienced any positive tourism impacts since the beginning of the project. The residents also have been disappointed with the city's inconsistent policy concerning the implementation of the projects. Implications for mitigating residents' negative attitudes and encouraging their participation in the project were discussed.

Tourism resources related to violent death of people have potential to attract special interest tourists. This study aimed to examine tourist motivation to visit thanatourism site and its impact on tourist satisfaction. Based on the related literatures, five dimensions(i.e., death experience, novelty, specificity, historicity and remembrance) of thanatourism motivation were derived. Data were collected from 291 visitors to Jeju Peace Park on May 2009. Results of a factor analysis showed that the five dimensions of thanatourism motivation were valid and reliable. Results also indicated that among 5 motivations, death experience and specificity had statistically significant influence on visitor satisfaction. Results of this study suggest that visitors motivations of thanatourism sites might be different from those of other tourist sites. Limitations of the study were also discussed.

Based on Matzler and Sauerwein's(2002) three factor model of satisfaction, this study investigated differences in the satisfaction with tourism destination and information attributes among different types of disability. It also explored the influences of satisfaction with the tourism destination and information attributes on the overall tourism satisfaction. On-site survey with a structured questionnaire was implemented with a convenient sample of 308 people with from September to December 2009. Result of an analysis of variance revealed that the satisfaction with both attributes were significantly different among four different types of disability. Also, differences were found in the influences of the satisfaction with the attributes on the overall tourism satisfaction. Theoretical and practical implications of the results were discussed with the suggestions of future research.