관광개발의 공공성

Publicness of Tourism Development In the Case of Tourist Site and Tourist Complex

Recently, the concept of publicness has attracted major attention from various social science disciplines because it has provided theoretical justification for government intervention. However, even a single study has not been conducted in tourism area. This study examined the concept of publicness in the context of tourism development. Based on a literature review, this study identified three dimensions of publicness: agent, process, and goal. The publicness of tourist site and tourist complex development was then analyzed in terms of these three dimensions. Results show that the level of procedural publicness was relatively low compared to the other dimensions, mainly due to the lack of resident participation in tourist site/tourist complex development process under the existing system. To secure the procedural publicness of tourism development, resident participation should be guaranteed in all stages of tourist site and/or tourist complex development process. Further discussion was made to increase the level of publicness in tourism development.