영산강 권역의 문화관광자원의 분포와 그 특성에 관한 연구

Distribution and its Characteristics of the Cultural Properties as Cultural Tourism Resources in the Yeongsan River Basin

Yeongsang river basin out of the four largest rivers in Korea owns various kinds of tourism resources, however, many studies had mainly been oriented to the environmental fields, including industrial and managerial uses of water resources and conservation of water quality. The purpose of this study was to analyze the cultural properties and their characteristics distributed by the Yeongsan river zone and then to draw the following suggestions and conclusions of the zone. First, included for the spatial range of this study were local governments under the jurisdiction of the Yeongsan river basin environmental office (YRBEO). Shared identity of homogeneous culture of the residents along the basin was also reflected on setting the physical range of the study. Then, Jeollanam-do and Gwangju were finally framed for the spatial range. Second, the target for the analysis was limited to the cultural properties registered by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Third, geographical characteristics of the cultural properties distributed by the basin were as follows: the rank of total number of the properties was placed in the following order-Jeollanam-do ＞ Gwangju M.C.