제주지역 컨벤션 산업구조 변화에 대한 분석

An Analysis of the Structure Changes of Convention Industry in Jeju

Recently the Asia Pacific region has emerged as the fastest growing market. Not only have many countries established convention and visitors bureaus (CVB) but also have built convention centers at the national and regional level for promoting the meeting and convention industry. At this point of time, it is essential to research about the convention industrial structure and tendency, regional economic effects etc. for Convention Industry Promotion Policy. This research focuses on measuring the changes of the regional industrial specialization and contribution of economic growth rates in case of Jeju by comparing before and after the building of the convention center. Analyzing the structure changes of convention industry in Jeju can be done after three steps in this research; deriving 53 convention related sectors from Korean Standard Industrial Classification, calculating Regional Specialization Index (RSI), measuring Regional Growth Rate Differential (RGRD). Methods of deriving the RSI and RGRD have to be based on only one type of data for estimating the economic contribution. The employment data is used for calculating RSI and measuring RGRD in this research. Result of the research indicates that building of convention center in Jeju has contributed to increase convention industrial specialization and economic growth rate. It is expected that convention industry in Jeju can be the major function for the regional economic growth factors