Geographical research trends on tourism resources

觀光資源에 대한 地리的 硏究動向

This research aims to introduce the theoretical basis of the studies of tourism resources, by review the research trends of tourism resources in the geography field. The geographical approaches to tourism resouces can be subdicided into 3 categories according to the subject. First, the classification of tourism resource types and the approach on the spatial distribution may be enumerated. This subject has been the object of the most interest and discussion to the geographers for tourism up to now. And from the viewpoint of contents, it has been developed by classifying the types of tourism resoures, which is based on the establishment of the range and standard of tourism resources and the spatial classification of types based on the distribution feature of the area. Second, the approach about cognition, preference and interpretation on the tourism resources as the background to induce tourism phenomenon and decide the tourism destination. Judging from the fact that most of this subject is starting from the behavioural study and that the right understanding and interpretation of tourism resource is the important factor to decide the preference degree of tourists, we have to have much interest about the field of tourism geoaraphy. Third, the development of tourism resources which is showing the active study recently and its influence and effect attendant upon it may be enumerated. Today, as the economic value of tourism is become important internationally, tourism resources are recognized as the important factor to induce the industrialization of tourism. And in the series of analytical studies related to it the interest has been transferred from the economic benefit analysis attendant upon tourism development including tourism resource and to the cultural, educational, environmental and psychological influence, etc. As the result of composite examination, for the geographical studies about tourism resources, the spatial scale and the contents are being subdivided and specialized. And in the side of subject and method of study, it is developing into the positive study based on the concrete data and the measuring and analytical frame.

본 연구에서는 지리학 분야에 있어서의 관광자원에 대한 연구동향을 검토함으로써 관광자원 연구의 이론적 기초를 제시하고자 하였다. 관광자원에 대한 지리적 접근은 크게 3 가지 주제로 범주화 할 수 있다. 첫째, 관광자원의 유형화와 공간적 분포에 관한 연구로 내 용상 관광자원의 개념과 범위, 기준설정을 토대로 한 관광자원 자체의 유형화와 그 지역적 분프특성에 근거한 공간적 유형화로 구분되어 발전하였다. 둘째, 관광현상을 유발시키고 관 광목적지를 결정하는 배경으로서 관광자원에 대한 인지 및 선호, 해석에 대한 행태론적 연 구이다. 셋째, 최근에 활발한 연구를 보이고 있는 관광자원의 개발에 따른 경제적 편익분석 및 문화적, 교육적, 환경적, 심리적 영향과 효과에 대한 연구동향을 들 수 있다. 종함검토 결 과 관광자원에 대한 지리적 연구는 그 공간적, 내용적 범위가 세분화, 전문화되고 있으며, 연구주제와 방법면에서도 구체적인 자료와 계량적, 분석적 틀을 기초한 실증적인 연구로 발 전해 가고 있다.