This study aims to examine the overall flow of research on viltiazation of marine sports and discuss the direction of future research. Research trend on academic journal sdated from 1996 to 2013 was analyzed, and the results are as follows. First, the...
This study aims to examine the overall flow of research on viltiazation of marine sports and discuss the direction of future research. Research trend on academic journal sdated from 1996 to 2013 was analyzed, and the results are as follows. First, the research on vitalization of marine sports has been steadily increased; the reason of such phenomenon seems to be the increase of marine sports population, increase of infrastructure, and governmental policies such as ‘Reinvigoration Plan of Marina.’ Second, for types of analysis, there is more analysis than descriptive research, but the trend line of desciprtive research is steeper than of analysis; more descriptive research is expected. Third, for subject of researhc, research on industry/tourism vitalization was done relatively more than research on sports-for-all vitalization, and the trend line is also steeper; more active research on vitalization of industry/tourism is expected. Fourth, for contents of research, plan analysis research was done much more than status analysis research, but the trend lines did not show much difference; balanced research is expected in future.