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A Study on the Role of Social Enterprise and the Socio - Cultural Effect of Sustainable Tourism Development: Focusing on the Case of Jeollabuk - do Tourism Social Enterprise, ‘Ieum’

Heo，Moon-Kyung 1

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This study examines social enterprises which have gained attention in Korea, despite the lack of research by the tourism sector. Social enterprises are raising public awareness, along with a quantitative growth driven by government support and social demand for sustainable development. This study analyzes the effect of social enterprises on local communities, focusing on the case of Jeollabuk-do. Several rounds of field surveys were conducted in tourism social enterprises throughout the province as well as doing in-depth interviews with nine relevant people from July 2011 through June 2014. The collected data were analyzed using Grounded Theory, a social science methodology involving theory construction as a baseline for future research. The research showed that tourism social enterprises played an important role in developing local tourism while recognized as a social innovation model. However, they struggled with a weak economic base, which influenced the research on their socio-cultural effect. The findings and implications are expected to help set goals for tourism social enterprises and their research scope in the future.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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