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Exploring Characteristics of Place in Dark Tourism and Its Causal Relationships with Consequence Variables: The Case of Seodaemun Prison History Hall Visitors

Kim Jae Hak 1

1청주대학교

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ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to explore the characteristics of place in dark tourism and to examine the causal relationships among the characteristics of place, place attachment, and behavioral attitude. In order to achieve the objective, a total of 219 valid responses were collected using an exit survey distributed at the Seodaemun Prison History Hall. The data were analyzed by an exploratory factor analysis that identified characteristics of place including history/education, remembrance/representation, and building/viewing setting. Then the data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis to reveal that the characteristics of place influence both place attachment and behavioral attitude, and particularly place attachment influences the formation of behavioral attitude. The results indicate that the characteristics of place relating to history/education, remembrance/representation, and building/viewing setting are significant predictors of place attachment and behavioral attitude. Also, place attachment could be an antecedent as well as a consequence of the characteristics of place and behavioral attitude. Based on these results, academic and practical implications for future research have been suggested.

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