The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition (한국식품영양학회지)
- Volume 14 Issue 5
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- Pages.479-484
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- 2001
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- 1225-4339(pISSN)
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- 2287-4992(eISSN)
A Report on Utilizing Local Food as Tourism Resource of Northern Gyong-gi Province
경기 북부지역의 관광자원으로서 향토음식에 대한 고찰
Abstract
Gyong-gi province has been the political, social, economical center of Korea since the three Kingdom period, Koryo, Chosun dynasty. As a result, the area enjoys abundant local food culture. However, due to the truce line going through the province, it was divided into northern and southern region. Development of the northern Gyong-gi province has been restricted because of security and defence reasons. So, even though it has kept abundant local food heritage compared to other regions. local food products have not been fully developed. Furthermore, as bed towns of Seoul and new towns are constructed in this region, traditional and local culture has been vanished gradually and the regional uniqueness is disappearing. This report focuses on identifying unique local foods of northern Gyong-gj province where tourist site development is limited and finding out how to utilize these as international tourism resource in the 21