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The Effect of Tourism and Leisure Satisfaction on the Physical, Emotional Stress and the Life Satisfaction: The Case of North Korean Defectors.

  • Journal of Tourism Sciences
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2006, 30(2), pp.237-258
  • Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Tourism

Jijoon Song 1

1영남외국어대학

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ABSTRACT

This study purports to investigate whether the tourism/leisure satisfaction affects the physicalemotional stress and the satisfaction with life for North Korean defectors. Method of analysis is a path analysis using a structure equation model The results show that tourism and leisure satisfaction affects negatively physical emotional stress while leisure satisfaction affects positively satisfaction with life and emotional stress influences negatively to life satisfaction. The paper suggests that various social tourism/leisure programs are needed to help North Korean defectors so that they may be adapted harmoniously to the new environment.

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