부산 해양관광 실태 및 해양환경오염과 해양관광의 관계에 관한 연구

The status of marine tourism and relationship between marine environmental pollution and marine tourism in Busan: target to the residents

This study investigated the perception of residents’ marine environmental pollution in Busan, one of the representative marine tourism cities in Korea as well as analyzed the relationship between marine environmental pollution and their marine tourism activities. This also conducted a survey to know the status and preference of Busan marine tourism used by local residents. As a result, the residents of Busan showed a medium level of interest in marine environmental pollution, not as high. Particularly, respondents in their 30s and 50s showed that their interest level were below the medium score. Respondents thought that 'waste' was the most important factor that polluted the marine environment. They responded that 'the enhancement of each private individual awareness towards marine environment protection' is the most important way to solve the problem. Some of the respondents have suffered direct or indirect damage due to the marine environmental pollution. Respondents rated that pollution of the marine environment has a significant impact on the reduction of marine tourism. The respondents who prefer marine tourism showed higher interest in marine environmental pollution. Meanwhile, the residents’ preference level of Busan marine tourism was more than average. The residents, responded that they do not prefer marine tourism in Busan, pointed to the 'crowded people' and the 'expensive price in the tourist sights’ as the main reasons for their negative response.