2012, Vol.36, No.10

Journal of Tourism Sciences 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 2.7

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

Although scholars have been increasingly conducting qualitative research in Tourism since the end of 1990s in Korea, discussions on research methodology of qualitative studies have been rare. The purpose of this study was to analyze qualitative research methodology used in articles published in Journal of Tourism Sciences from 1997-2011. Thirty eight published articles using interviews and observation as main data collection methods were identified for analysis. Six categories such as description of research participants, sampling method, criteria and reason of participants selection, participants' consent, data collection method, data analysis method, and trustworthiness of data were analyzed. Findings from the research imply that there leaves room for improvement in each of the above six categories; especially as it pertains to participants' consent and the trustworthiness of the data. For the improvement of future qualitative research in the tourism field, the study concludes with implications of research findings related to the points of researchers, schools, and research societies, respectively.

Recently, the Northeast Asia, which includes China, Japan and Korea, has become one of the top three regions for trade and, therefore, is being recognized as a key hub for the global economy. Meanwhile, tourism not only improves the economy, but also enhances mutual understanding through interchange and implied cultural functions. Connected to this development, the promotion of the tourism industry will foster South Korea’s positioning in the Northeast Asian economy, greatly supporting the nation’s future progress. Taking the above into consideration, there is a need to carefully scrutinize the roles of tourism in Northeast Asia for the management of the future of Korea. The research objective of the paper is to look for the roles of tourism to realize a ‘Northeast Asia Peace Community’, and to promote the world peace and integration. It is urgent that the current Korean government should change its strategic position toward North from a hawkish approach to a more engagement- oriented one dealing with both cooperation issue and nuclear issue at the same time.

The history of tourism is important not only in its own right, but also as a contributor to wider and deeper studies in tourism. This paper offers an interdisciplinary perspective of tourism history research, and explores some of the methodological approaches surrounding tourism history. It is a carefully crafted study: a 'new cultural history', as the subtitle proclaims, seeking to improve tourism research through history. The emergence of a new cultural history that began in the Annales approach are introduced. The Annales approaches attempt a fuller more whole and complex way to viewing history and of dissolving boundaries between disciplines. The movement has continued to grow and expand, and carried on a new cultural history. This paper examines the contribution of a new cultural history to the understanding of tourism. The paper is organized as follows. First, current research trends and performance of tourism history studies are analyzed and summarized. Trends that took place in the history of academia and tourism then presented, and the difference of the approach is investigated. The paper concludes with the current state of emergent tourism history, research in the field, and suggestions for future research in the context of the new cultural history.