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Conflict between Publicness and Tourism Development : A Case Study of Jeju Songak-Mountain 1st Tourism Development Project

  • Journal of Tourism Sciences
  • Abbr : JTS
  • 2021, 45(7), pp.9-32
  • DOI : 10.17086/JTS.2021.45.7.9.32
  • Publisher : The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Social Science > Tourism
  • Received : June 8, 2021
  • Accepted : September 28, 2021
  • Published : October 1, 2021

Kim, Ik-Tae 1

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ABSTRACT

Using the case of Jeju Songak-Mountain Tourist Destination 1st Development Project, this study examined multi-dimensional aspects of conflict between publicness and tourism development. The model of publicness, which is constituted by the tripartite frameworks: ‘contents’, ‘acting subject’ and ‘process’, was employed as the theoretical framework of the study. In particular, this study theoretically elaborated an integrated model of ‘content-acting subject’ by critically applying Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action to the procedural issue. The current study posed three particular research questions: (1) What were the contents of publicness during the tourism development project? (2) Who were the acting subjects, and how did they implement and interfere with the publicness?(3)How was the process of publicness conducted? To provide answers those questions, content analysis was performed using a wide range of data including documents of court decisions, auditors reports, internal reviews of business sectors, relevant articles of various newspapers and broadcast news. Results showed that the project failed to facilitate public interest and community sustainability. Results also indicated that the public sectors as acting subject were engaged with private interests and financial benefits. Moreover, civil societies failed to voice solidarity with local communities and the media failed to serve as a public sphere to prompt the procedural rationality. The research sought to make a theoretical and analytical contribution to the development of tourism studies by exploring the multi-dimensions of conflict between publicness and tourism development.

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