China is one of the main international tourism markets for Korea. The increasing ratio of Chinese tourists to Korea in 2006 made up 26.3%, and so it is very important to study their thoughts and opinions about Korea and find out proper alternatives fo...
China is one of the main international tourism markets for Korea. The increasing ratio of Chinese tourists to Korea in 2006 made up 26.3%, and so it is very important to study their thoughts and opinions about Korea and find out proper alternatives for the growth of our tourism industry.
The purpose of this study is to contribute to establishing strategies to attract Chinese tourists by showing how the Korean trend boom is related to Korean destination image, tourism satisfaction and behavioral intention.
Both the literature review of previous studies and the empirical study were employed for this study. Survey questionnaires were given to 200 Chinese students who are studying in Korea. A total of 149 valid questionnaires were collected in August and September, 2007 and the results of this study are:
First of all, Korean destination image consisted of "perceptional image" and "emotional image" as a result of factor analysis and reliability analysis, and so they appeared to be proper concepts of the study.
Secondly, 2 kinds of hypotheses were examined in order to find out that 3 kinds valuables of the Korean trend boom such as "drama & movie", "popular music" and "popular merchandise" have an influence on perceptional image and emotional image respectively. The result showed that all the valuables of the Korean trend boom had an influence on perceptional image, while "drama & movie" valuable only of the Korean trend boom had an influence on emotional image. it implies that continuous marketing policies based on the Korean trend boom, and especially emotional image, are necessary.
Thirdly, 1 kind of hypothesis was examined in order to find out that 2 kinds valuables of Korean destination image have an influence on tourism satisfaction respectively. it showed that all the valuables of Korean destination image had an influence on tourism satisfaction. it implies that one of the most important factors for Chinese tourists' satisfaction is related to the Korean destination image, and so diverse and positive policies to increase Korean destination image are necessary.
Fourth, 1 kind of hypothesis was examined in order to find out that tourism satisfaction have an influence on behavioral intentions such as revisit intention and recommendation intention respectively. it showed that tourism satisfaction had an influence on all the behavioral intentions. it implies that tourism satisfaction had casual relationships with revisit intention and recommendation intention respectively, and so we need to satisfy them first of all for their revisit and recommendation to others.
Fifth, 1 kind of hypothesis was examined in order to find out that revisit intention have an influence on recommendation intention. it showed that revisit intention had an influence on recommendation intention. it implies that recommendation intention functions as the consequential variable of tourism satisfaction and revisit intention at the same time. and so it is recommended that strategies for their revisit as well as their satisfaction are necessary for their more recommendations to others.
Some limitations of this study and possible future tasks are that it was limited to a specific area and generation. and so it is necessary to study targeting various areas and generations.