文化觀光과 文化觀光者

Cultural Tourism and Cultural Tourists: A Tentative Observation of Its Concepts and Characteristics

Cultural tourism has received an attention worldwidely among the involved scholars and practitioners roughly since early 1990s and, early 2000s in Korean academic circle, in which theoretical contribution, however, was not followed concomitantly. The term ‘culture’ being originated from Latin ‘cultra’, cultural tourism could be classified into the product-based and the process-oriented one. The terminology,‘tourism of culture’ signifies the former, whereas ‘cultural tourism’ means the latter. Author groups the definition into eco-business(supply-side), motivational(demand-side) and activity-specific ones. Finally he clarifies the characteristics and profiles of the cultural tourist against the general tourist.