Abstract As the popularity of traveling has progressed into an era of mass tourism, the number of Japanese visiting Korea has grown smoothly since 1999; more than 2 million Japanese are visiting Korea every year. This is excluding 2003, when Japanese overseas tours went into a self-discipline mode due to the influence of SARS. By going through rough periods due to mismanagement, the business of inbound tour has met a crisis they have not experienced before. They took decisive action to restructure and reduce the organization. However, ultimately they became bankrupt and went out of business which only served to aggravate the situation. One of the principal causes of this situation is thought to be excessive competition in the low pricing of tour packages. This has caused the quick-returns policy and income has continuously decreased, giving negative effects to the inbound tours as the present condition does not go under the theory of statistics. This thesis is written with the intention to analyze the structure of the inbound tour market in the view of an industry structure theory and thus, to disclose the cause of low priced tour packages. After thorough research and analysis, the causes of forming low prices have been found to be (1) the excessive numbers of companies derived from the ease of establishing a new business, (2) outdated business management that could not create a distinctive brand, and (3) the excessive full free-competition among tour agencies. It is also seen that each tour agency may employ all possible means in the market to compete with other agencies. While the researcher was studying, it was seen that it would be crucial to investigate the cause of abnormal business behaviors or patterns. This is another subject to study in the future.
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.