Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology (한국환경생태학회지)

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A Study on the Management of Auto-camping in National Parks through Survey of Visitors to Auto-campground

오토캠핑장 이용실태 분석을 통한 국립공원 내 오토캠핑 관리 방안

  • Cho, Woo (Dept. of Tourism Development, Sangji Univ.) ;
  • Sung, Chan Yong (Dept. of Urban Engineering, Hanbat National Univ.)
  • 조우 (상지대학교 관광학부 관광개발전공) ;
  • 성찬용 (한밭대학교 도시공학과)
  • Received : 2016.02.16
  • Accepted : 2016.05.17
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

This study examined the factors by which people choose auto-camping as their primary leisure activity after conducting a questionnaire survey of the visitors to the Chiaksan national park Guryong auto-campground. The majority of the visitors were employed (60%) in their 30s and 40s (85%) with relatively high education (88% of which had bachelor's degree or higher) and income levels (87% of which had family income greater than KRW30 million). Most visitors were family group visitors (82%), and for many visitors, auto-camping appeared to be their primary leisure activity as 24% of the respondents said that they visited auto-campground more than 10 times a year. Only 18% of the visitors had auto-camped for longer than 5 years, indicating that auto-camping is a relatively new leisure activity that has become popular in recent times. Factor analysis with 19 items that measured the degree of agreement on the relative advantages of auto-camping extracted four latent factors that affected the selection of auto-camping as a leisure activity: factor 1 (refreshment through contact with nature), factor 2 (novelty and a sense of accomplishment), factor 3 (convenience), and factor 4 (entertainment). Results of regression analysis that examined the effects of the four extracted factors on the visitors' level of satisfaction on auto-camping (measured by the number of visits to auto-campgrounds per year) indicated that 'refreshment through contact with nature' was the most critical factor when deciding to select auto-camping as their leisure activity. 'Novelty and a sense of accomplishment' and 'convenience' were also statistically significant -but to a lesser degree, whereas 'entertainment' did not statistically significantly affect the visitors' decision. These results suggest that, for designing and managing auto-campgrounds, it is more important to preserve the surrounding nature than to provide more facilities for campers' convenience and entertainment.

본 연구는 치악산국립공원 구룡 오토캠핑장 이용객을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하여(N =165), 누가 그리고 왜 오토캠핑을 휴양활동으로 선택하였는지 분석하였다. 설문조사 결과 오토캠핑장 주이용객은 교육 수준(전문대졸 이상 88%)과 소득 수준(가구 총소득 3,000만 원 이상 87%)이 높은 30~40대(85%)의 직장인(60%)이었다. 또한 오토캠핑 이용객은 가족 단위 이용객(82%)이 대부분이었고 오토캠핑장을 년 10회 이상 이용한다는 응답자 비율이 24%에 달해 오토캠핑이 주요 여가 활동인 경우도 많았다. 5년 이상 오토캠핑 경력이 있는 응답자는 18%에 불과해 오토캠핑은 최근 수요가 증가하고 있는 휴양 활동이라는 것을 알 수 있었다. 오토캠핑의 19개 장점에 대한 응답자들의 동의수준 데이터를 요인분석으로 분석한 결과, '자연접촉으로 기분전환(요인 1)', '새로움과 성취감(요인 2)', '편리성(요인 3)', '즐거움(즐길거리)(요인 4)'의 4가지 오토캠핑 선택 요인을 추출하였다. 4가지 오토캠핑 선택 요인이 오토캠핑장 이용 만족도(연간 오토캠핑장 방문 횟수)에 미치는 영향을 토빗(Tobit) 회귀분석으로 분석한 결과 '자연접촉으로 기본전환'의 영향이 가장 크고, '편리함', '즐거움' 순으로 영향을 주었지만 '즐거움'은 오토캠핑장 이용 만족도에 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 주지 않았다. 이는 오토캠핑장 설계 운영시 편의시설이나 놀이시설을 늘리기 보다는 주변의 자연을 훼손하지 않고 유지하도록 할 필요가 있음을 시사해 주는 결과이다.

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