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Environmental Evaluation through Low-carbon Ecotourism Index -Focusing on 6 Ecotourism Areas in Changwon City-

저탄소 생태관광지표를 통한 환경 평가 -창원시 생태관광지역 6곳을 중심으로-

  • 장유미 (인제대학교 디자인연구소) ;
  • 이승준 ((사)경남문화콘텐츠연구소)
  • Received : 2022.08.04
  • Accepted : 2022.09.09
  • Published : 2022.09.30
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Abstract

This study is a basic study to evaluate the ecological environment of Changwon City. The study site was 6 ecotourism districts in Changwon-si, and the ecotourism index was evaluated through direct visits and interviews with the person in charge through preliminary research and various literature data from June to July 2021. There are six ecotourism indicators: climate crisis, air quality improvement, water conservation, natural coexistence, citizen participation, and tourism resource management. When looking at the scores for the six ecotourism areas in Changwon, it received the highest score in the areas of natural coexistence and air quality improvement. However, the ecoregion received the lowest score in the water resource conservation category, indicating that the water resource conservation as a whole was weak. Next, tourism resource management, climate crisis, and citizen participation are at the same level in all regions. As a result of the evaluation through the low-carbon ecotourism index, the Changwon City low-carbon ecotourism certification system should first be operated as a measure to revitalize the ecotourism region. It is necessary to prepare a low-carbon ecotourism level for Changwon City. Second, it is very important to guide and promote ecotourism areas to revitalize ecotourism areas. Lastly, to operate a sustainable eco-environment area, it is necessary to operate using local governance above all else.

본 연구는 창원시 생태환경 지역 평가를 통한 지역 활성화를 위한 기초연구로, 창원시의 생태환경 6곳을 선정하여 저탄소 관광지표를 통해 평가하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 연구대상지는 창원시 6개 생태관광지역이며 각종 문헌자료 및 선행연구를 조사한 후 2021년 6월~7월 직접 방문한 현장조사 및 담당자 면담조사를 통해 생태관광지표를 확인하였다. 생태관광지표는 기후위기, 공기질 개선, 수자원 보전, 자연공존, 시민참여, 관광자원 관리 6가지 부문이다. 창원시 생태관광지역 6곳에 대한 점수를 살펴보면 가장 높게 나타난 것이 자연공존과 공기질 개선 부문이다. 하지만 수자원보전 부문 점수가 가장 낮아 전체 지역이 수자원 보전에 취약하였으며 관광자원 관리, 기후위기, 시민참여는 전체 지역이 비슷한 수준으로 나타났다. 저탄소 생태관광지표를 통해 평가한 결과 공통적으로 적용될 방안으로 첫 번째로, 창원시 저탄소 생태관광 인증제 운영, 자연물 또는 경관 중심의 관광지를 대상으로 인증제도 운영, 스마트 기후환경도시 선포에 따른 후속 조치로써 활용, 환경표지제도를 벤치마킹한 창원시 저탄소 생태관광 등급을 마련하는 것이 필요하다. 두 번째로, 생태관광지역을 활성화하기 위해서는 이에 대한 안내 및 홍보가 매우 중요하다. 마지막으로지속 가능한 지역 생태환경 활성화를 위해서 지역 거버넌스를 활용한 운영이 무엇보다 제고되어야 한다.

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이 논문은 2020년 대한민국 교육부와 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(NRF-2020S1A5C2A02092454).

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