Many economists, Research Institutions and KTO have carried out the theoretical studies and reports concerning Korean Health Tourism. No empirical studies, however, have ever been done on Korean Health Tourism.
The purpose of this study is to derive ...
Many economists, Research Institutions and KTO have carried out the theoretical studies and reports concerning Korean Health Tourism. No empirical studies, however, have ever been done on Korean Health Tourism.
The purpose of this study is to derive the impact factors from previous research, evaluate the impact determinants of selecting Korean Health Tourism Attractions and suggest the strategic directions for Korean Health Tourism Industry to have more competitive products.
Major findings of this study are as follows:
Firstly, the impact determinants of selecting Korean Health Tourism Attractions are differed greatly by demographics ; sex, marriage, age, education, income, occupation.
The discriminatory strategics of price and market segmentation, therefore, must be established and related with Korean cultural heritage, alternative medicine and oriental mystery i.e., Sasang Typology to satisfy the needs of customers and to compete with the advanced countries in the area of health tourism.
Secondly, the impact determinants of selecting Korean Health Tourism Attractions are differed greatly by countries ; Japan, China and Southeast Asia.
Major sensitive determinants of Japan, China and Southeast Asia are 'safety', 'trust', 'cost' etc. So Korean Health Tourism Attractions must include all of these factors.
Thirdly, the impact determinants of selecting Korean Health Tourism Attractions are positively related by tour patterns ; visiting number, tour type, stay period and visiting purpose. These findings are that most of general tourists to Korea can be become the possible base on the health tourists.
Fourthly, sauna, spa and restorative food in types of Korean Health Tourism Attractions are preferred by health tourist from China, Southeast Asia. It means that types of Health Tourism Attractions are determined by tourist's genetic according to oriental medicine and Sasang Typology, and thus such selective program can give tourist higher satisfaction.
Fifthly, the channels of information are orderly mass media - conversation - internet and so on. Because many tourists have negative view of Korean Health Tourism, they have a tendency to rely on higher credibility for the information of Korean Health Tourism Attractions. The use of mass media will be to maximize the advertising effect of Korean Health Tourism Attractions.