Among Korea tourist income, the share of shopping tourism is more than 30% and foreign tourist visitng to Korea will increase much so it is expected that income of shopping tourism increases but shopping tourism product and facility environment requir...
Among Korea tourist income, the share of shopping tourism is more than 30% and foreign tourist visitng to Korea will increase much so it is expected that income of shopping tourism increases but shopping tourism product and facility environment required for shopping tourism is insufficient.
So this paper has the purpose to improve competitive power of shopping industry through surveying behavioral character of Japanese tourist who prefers shopping tourism among travels in shopping tourism and important nature and motive factor of shopping tourism, clearly understanding disposition of shopping and searching the method to fully meet shopping tourist's desire.
Results of this paper are summarized like follows :
First, most of Japanese tourist shop to get a pleasure of bargain sale and it can be knwon that they shop for gift when considering Japanese people's cultural character.
Second, among important nature of shopping tourism, quality, price, color and design of product were highest but existence and nonexistence of recommendation and symbolism of history and culture were lowest. It means that previous range of souvenir like objects of craftwork was enlarged to things necessary for life. Specially, it showed that 21-30 age group more regarded uniqueness of product as importance than under-20 age group.
Third, for student and low-level or middle-level tourists who are engaged in mangement, office work, production, technique and labor, development of product increasing practical use and function as well as increasing quality of product and for high-level tourists, high-level and high-price production strategy is necessary because they regards quality and price of product as importance.
Fourth, for shopping place, shopping mall and general store are sharing most part but conventional market has important share because the share of conventional market is superior to duty-free shop.
Fifty, among inconvenient factors in shopping, the problem of interaction shared most part so the method to educate language to clerk and activate signboard as to be searched. For the resource of shopping, tourists usually depend on tourist manual and pamphlet so the effort to publish and distribute Shopping Guide just in the place approved as shopping tourism facility is necessary.
Sixth, to increase the degree of satisfaction in important nature of shopping tourism, because 'quality and price of product' affect much, the effort to increase the quality of prodcuct is necessary and for the will of revisit and recommendation, because 'store and quality of service' affect much, marketing strategy has to be searched to induce revisit through improving facility of store and quality of service.