Today, the human population size moving from international tourism is rapidly expanding. The 21st century is known to be major era of human interaction, and is spreading to a global scope. As cases studies Japan, China and South Korea (hereafter abbreviated as the three countries) tourism growth has increased rapidly, which has great significance in the tourism world, and is changing the composition of tourism’s traditional world. The expansion of the travel population among the three countries has maintained a high growth rate for seven years since the beginning of the 21st century except for 2003 - the year of SARS. The travel population among three countries in 2006 was 13.94 million people; up to near doubling the 7.55 million people from 2000. It seems that the travel population among the three countries will increase continuously for the mid to long term, as long as the peaceful state of national relations and the international society environment of the three countries doesn’t change. This research makes the international travel population among the three countries a research topic, constructs the forecasting model, and forecasts the international travel population among three countries. According to the one of the forecast results, the predictive values of the mutual travel population among Japan, China and South Korea are 13.36 million people in 2007, 15.77 million people in 2010, 19.76 million people in 2015 and 23.76 million people in 2020. Regarding the forecast of the mutual traveler number of 2010 among the three countries, the governments of the three countries expect 17 million people (based on the Hokkaido declaration of tourism minister meeting of Japan, China and South Korea in 2006) and the predictive value of this model is 15.77 million people. It is thought that the possibility of achieving the government’s forecast is high near the predictive value of this research. The predictive value of this research in 2015 after the five years is about 20 million people. This means the mutual travel population among the three countries will increase by 3 million people in 5 years. In addition, it will increase by 3.76 million people in 2020 after five years, by reaching a total of 23.76 million people. In other words, it is expected to increase by 3 to 4 million people every 5 years until 2020.
본 학회는 2003년부터 동북아 경상연구회의 회원들을 중심으로 동북아 지역의 학회참석을 계기로 한중일 관광학회의 중요성을 인식하게 되었습니다. 특히 우리와 인접국인 일본, 중국의 동북아 지역은 관광인적교류에서 중요한 국가이며, 상대국 또한 그 중요성을 간과할 수 없는 현실입니다. 따라서 본 학회는 한중일 3국에 학회지부회를 두어 3국의 학자들을 중심으로 관광연구를 활성화하는데 있습니다. 본 학회의 사업내용을 보면, 첫째, 연2회 이상 학술발표회를 개최합니다. 특히, 학술발표회는 동북아지역의 인적교류확대방안, 동북아지역의 산관학의 협력강화방안에 관한 사업 내용을 중심으로 연구발표회를 개최합니다. 둘째, 동북아지역의 연구자들을 중심으로 한국어, 영어, 중국어, 일어를 사용한 동북아 관광연구저널을 연 2회 이상 발행하여 동북아지역의 국제저널로서의 위상정립을 합니다. 셋째, 한,중,일 우수연구자의 저서를 상대국언어로 번역출판하며 한,중,일 연구자들을 중심으로 전문저서를 공동저술 합니다.