• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.1663-1674
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was a methodological research to develop an instrument to assess the medical tourism satisfaction of foreign tourist. A primary instrument with 63 questions was developed based on literature review. A group of experts revised individual questions and removed 9 irrelevant questions. This secondary instrument, then, was distriuted from Jury 1, 2012 to October 20, 2012. It was tested with 589 members of foreign tourist. After factor analysis on the final 42 questions, 7 factors were identified; quality of medical service, correspondance, tourism connection, sympathy, convenience, believability, and economical efficiency. The total variance explained was 60.9%. This instrument was statistically reliable and valid to measure medical tourism satisfaction of foreign tourist.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.317-327
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• 2019

A tourist destination where nature and people coexist is needed for today's tourists who crave for various new experiences and attractions. In this respect, Slow city has its attractiveness as a good tourist destination and its potentials are being verified. The purpose of this study is to identify selection attributes of slow city which influence the perception of tourism professionals and finally to figure out its growth potential as a tourism destination. This study approaches and considers tourism industry worker's perception about slow city which previous studies have not been discussed. We examined that travel and tourism employees working on the tourism industry frontline, planning travel goods, providing information on tourist destinations, are less aware than the general public about slow city as a tourism destination.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.648-654
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• 2016

This paper investigates differences of tourism destination choices for sightseeing in Seoul between first-time visitors and repeat visitors. We constructed social network using secondary data from '2015 International Visitor Survey' and analyzed its density and centrality. Study results find that: (1) first-time and repeat visitors' tourism destinations are concentrated in areas located north of the Han river. The proximity of destinations suggests the positive effects resulting from the movement network. (2) As the result of degree centrality, closeness centrality, betweenness centrality, the highest ranking tourism destinations for both visitor groups are identical, but indexes of centralities in repeat visitors' destinations increase, including Shinchon/ Hongik University, Gangnam station, and Garosu-gil. Therefore, the roles of these destinations are becoming established as tourism hubs and are popular among younger visitors as well as attract repeat visitors. Results of this study will be a useful reference in developing and managing new tourism products.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.109-127
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to promote the growth and development of South Korea's cruise tourism industry by pointing out current issue and presenting solutions in South Korea's cruise tourism industry. The study analyzed issues such as status, the advantages and disadvantages of cruise tourism industry to Korea, the capacity of cruise ships and port facilities, the immigration procedures for cruise passengers, and presented effective solutions. This study propose 8 futuristic strategies for cruise tourism industry in Korea that include the establishment of mid-and long-term master plan, the expansion of cruise expert wharf, the composition of the foundation for development of domestic cruise companies, simplification of immigration. Moreover, Korea has to strengthen its promotional activities for cruise companies, the expansion of cruise routes and development of linking tourism belt, activation of cruise specialists training program, and development of associated cruise product with China and Japan.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.12
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• pp.7459-7466
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• 2014

This study examined the purchasing behavior of cosmetics among Japanese, Chinese tourists and Koreans, as well as the differences according to nationality. Based on a literature study, a questionnaire was developed and a field survey was performed. A self-administered survey was conducted throughout Myungdong and Suwon. The 251 usable questionnaires were collected. A Reliability test, Factor analysis, Regression test, and ANOVA were used. The purchasing behavior of cosmetics has 5 factors gained by the factor analysis, including the functionality of cosmetics, the newest one of the cosmetics, brand-oriented cosmetics, impulsive purchase, and physical evidence. In addition, the purchasing behavior of cosmetics is becoming complicated, and the attitudes to cosmetics has changed. Finally, there are a few differences among Japanese, Chinese tourists and Koreans. According to this research, cosmetic companies must underline their brand and focus on managing the cosmetic functionality, physical evidence of the store, and the skill and attitudes of point of sales.

• The Journal of Bigdata
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.29-39
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• 2020

Purpose The atmosphere of respect for individual tastes that have spread throughout society has changed the consumption trend. As a result, the travel industry is also seeing customized travel as a new trend that reflects consumers' personal tastes. In particular, there is a growing interest in 'film-induced tourism', one of the areas of travel industry. We hope to satisfy the individual's motivation for traveling while watching movies with customized travel proposals, which we expect to be a catalyst for the continued development of the 'film-induced tourism industry'. Design/methodology/approach In this study, we implemented a methodology through 'OCR' of extracting and suggesting film location information that viewers want to visit. First, we extract a scene from a movie selected by a user by using 'OpenCV', a real-time image processing library. In addition, we detected the location of characters in the scene image by using 'EAST model', a deep learning-based text area detection model. The detected images are preprocessed by using 'OpenCV built-in function' to increase recognition accuracy. Finally, after converting characters in images into recognizable text using 'Tesseract', an optical character recognition engine, the 'Google Map API' returns actual location information. Significance This research is significant in that it provides personalized tourism content using fourth industrial technology, in addition to existing film tourism. This could be used in the development of film-induced tourism packages with travel agencies in the future. It also implies the possibility of being used for inflow from abroad as well as to abroad.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.37-43
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• 2023

This study concluded that smart glass can combine realistic media and reasonable technologies to compensate for the disappointment of simple one-dimensional board game contents, suggest various games to board game contents that were only possible through advertisements and promotions, and can promote board games, tourism services, and insufficient tourism contents. Content development is highly complete as an educational content in that it can be omitted or repeated by customers, and it is expected to be a board game using interesting smart glasses for the MZ generation.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.12
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• pp.8228-8233
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• 2015

This study was examined for perception of introduction and adaptation stages focused on the tourist police in Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. Seoul Metropolitan tourist police operates that is installed the first in Korea. Through in-depth interviews, we collected and analyzed data on the purpose of the tourist police, operating direction, the areas of activity, job characteristics, working environment. Awareness about activities of the tourist police members can have a significant impact on tourist police installations in the future. The survey was conducted for tourist police officers 16 people in the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, and analysis of the data was carried out through a qualitative research analysis program NVivo 10.0. Recognition was divided that Start step, Trial-and-error step, Skilled step, Completion step from the work experience of the tourist police and it analyzed the difference between each step. Each stage found difference in the individuals, working periods, also it was confirmed that difference of opinion about the settlement and completeness in the tourist police.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.347-351
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to suggest the Assessment model for tourist information center in Seoul. As a research method, we analyzed international guideline and interview with tourism experts in order to rate the tourist centers in Seoul. Secondly, we renamed the international rating model to Itaewon information center as a typical landmark in Seoul. The assessment factors for T.I.C is assembled through researching of the centers' status in terms of overall service satisfaction. Via in - depth interview with 9 visitors, as a result, we were able to derive the possibility that new-designed rating model is able to be applied to the Tourist centers in Seoul. It is significant that this study suggests ways to improve domestic tourist center service. It is expected that the follow - up study will help improve the factors to Seoul T.I.C, not only Itaewon, with much more specific rating method.

• The Safety technology
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• no.168
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• pp.12-14
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• 2011

우리나라의 명실상부한 최고 휴양지. 외국인들이 가장 찾고 싶어하는 곳. 바로 제주도를 이르는 말이다. 제주도는 지난 11월 12일 '뉴세븐원더스(New7wonders)'에 의해 '세계 7대 자연경관'으로 선정됐다. 이를 통해 제주도는 우리나라 국민들은 물론, 전세계인들에게 관광지 및 자연유산의 산실로 더욱 큰 사랑을 받을 것으로 전망된다. 최근 이곳에 아주 의미있는 건물이 들어서고 있다. 바로 제주세계자연유산센터다. 제주의 관광을 상징하고 국제적 위상에 걸 맞는 탐방인프라를 구축하고자 추진해 온 세계자연유산센터는 지난해 8월 착공에 들어가 내년 6월에 준공될 계획에 있다. 이 센터는 제주 자연유산의 관리 및 보전을 위한 연구와 모니터링 활동을 하게 된다. 쉽게 말해 제주도의 모든 자연 문화적 유산을 이 제주세계자연유산센터에서 통괄적으로 관리, 운영하게 되는 것이다. 이렇게 사회적으로 큰 의미가 있는 제주세계자연유산센터가 만약 안전하지 못하다면? 안전이 확보되지 않는 공정과 시민들의 안전을 담보지 못하는 시설이라면, 전세계인은 물론 지역민, 국내관광객 모두에게 외면 받을 수 밖에 없다. 때문에 이곳 건설현장은 '안전'을 최고의 가치로 여기며 공사를 진행하고 있다. 제주도를 찾는 국내외 관광객들의 쉼터이자 길라잡이 역할을 하게 될 제주세계자연유산센터가 안전하게 만들어지는 과정을 한 번 들여다 봤다.