사회적 자본과 지역사회 통합과의 관계

The Relationship between Social Capital and Community Integration in Rural Tourism Development: Focused on Interviews with Rural Community Leaders

This study explored the relationship between social capital and community integration as a collective aspect, conducting face-to-face interviews with eight rural community leaders in South Korea. Findings from the interviews indicate that structural and cognitive social capital are both equally as important to community integration. In particular, an organization’s operation on structural social capital, and formation of trust among residents on cognitive social capital, are both important in rural tourism development. The major contribution of this study is that it confirms differences of perception between community leaders and residents about rural tourism development, and it provides useful data towards future rural tourism development studies.