A Study on Changes of Travel Behaviors of Chinese Student in South Korea : A Comparison of the Year 2007 and 2013

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· 발행기관 : 한국사상문화학회
· 수록지 정보 : 한국사상과 문화 / 76호 / 371 ~ 393페이지
· 저자명 : 장운요, 박근수

초록

Studying abroad not only benefits the students themselves, but also improves the global understanding and promotes the communications between people of different cultures. Chinese students represent a clearly identifiable tourist market segment in Korea and should be expected to become an considerable inbound Chinese tourism market. Therefore it is very important as well as necessary to analyze Chinese students’ travel behavior and their characteristics related to it to understand upcoming Chinese tourism market in cultural aspects. So the purpose of the study is to find out the characteristics and changes of travel behaviors of Chinese students in South Korea in 2007 and 2013.
Results show that relaxing, sight-seeing and escape are the main motivations. The landmarks become more attractive places, and the attractiveness of tradition and film location are strengthened. The main resource of tourism information depends on word of mouth. The traditional promotion channels, such as TV, newspaper and brochure are changed into the modern way. Chinese students in Korea want to travel longer than before and with small groups, the degree of satisfaction and loyalty to Korea travel become very high now.

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