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On the Image of Island Tourism appeared through Films:The Cases of Jeju, Okinawa and Hawaii

  • Journal of Tourism Sciences
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2009, 33(1), pp.137-156
  • Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Tourism

Mincheol Kim 1 허문경 1

1한양대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This article attempts to investigate the image of island tourism through the visual media such as a film, as there is a good possibility that the visual media may help developing Korean tourism industry. This research illustrates that how the image of paradise, in Hawaii and Okinawa, has been developed through the visual media, and the process of the image making. Based on these case studies of Hawaii and Okinawa, authors draw some conclusions: Firstly, the visual media enormously affects the tourist industry and it can be effectively used to develop various field of the tourist industry.

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