Residents' Perceptions of Recreation Impacts on Ulleung Island

울릉도 지역주민의 휴양영향지각 분석

  • Song, Hyung-Sop (Division of Environmental Science and Forest Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Se-Bin (Division of Environmental Science and Forest Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Oh, Do-Kyo (Division of Environmental Science and Forest Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
  • 송형섭 (충남대학교 농업생명과학대학 환경임산자원학부) ;
  • 김세빈 (충남대학교 농업생명과학대학 환경임산자원학부) ;
  • 오도교 (충남대학교 농업생명과학대학 환경임산자원학부)
  • Published : 2005.06.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study were to understand the resident's attitudes toward Ulleung Island and to identify the residents' perception of recreation and the influence of socioeconomic characteristics on their response. In summer of 1999, 222 questioners were obtained from a convenience sample of households within Ulleung Island. The residents perceived both positive and negative environ-recreation and economic impacts, most of the residents supported additional recreation development and disagreed to limit the number of visitors. Their perception of recreation impacts were varied with age, education level, economic dependency on recreation place of residence, and length of residence.

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