생태관광 해설의 교육적 효과

Educational Effects of the Interpretation in Ecotourism

Nowadays ecotourism including the interpretation in ecotourism has a key role of understanding, experiencing, and managing the nature. Academy scholars and field researchers are focusing on the ecotourism. This study examined to acknowledge the educational effects of the interpretation in ecotourism and relationship between antecedents and consequences of the interpretation in ecotourism. Based on a literature study, a questionnaire was developed and a field survey was performed. A self-administered survey was conducted throughout 4 arboretums including Mulhyanggi Arboretum, Anmyeondo Arboretum, Kohwun Garden and Keumkang Arboretum. The 291 usable questionnaires were collected. A frequency analysis, reliability test, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation test and structural equating model were used. According to this research, antecedents and consequences of the interpretation in ecotourism are 3 factors each parts including interpreter's role, interpretation service quality, interpretation delivery systems and cognitive domains, affective domains, learning activity domains. In addition, the interpretation in ecotourism effects on the changing the recognition and attitude of tourist's behavior. Implications are as follows, ecological tourist system should pay more attention to human factors such as commentator's and guide's softwares than physical factors. Futhermore the development of interpretation materials including the educational and practical equipments of commentary, ecological resources etc. will be to increase the educational effect.