폐석산의 관광자원화와 경제적 효과 분석에 관한 연구 -거창군 폐석산을 대상으로-

Abstract

Geochang-gun is one of Korea's top 3 granite production areas along with Iksan city and Pocheon city and there are 16 quarries in its region. The amount of gathering rough stones in those 16 quarries is commonly getting reduced every year. As of February, 2009, the quarry under operation are just about 5 and 11 quarry closed their business or still remain idle. So, the possibility is high that the 11 quarries will be translated to disused quarries sooner or later. Thus, it is necessary to find their effective value and seek a way for making them a resource economically. As a way, this study suggested a direction which can make disused quarries a tourism resource. That is to say, the study introduced the facilities which can link the disused quarries to both the rocky walls of the almost vertical rocks gathered and Mt. Keumwon Forest after fully reviewing the target area's neighboring conditions. District A in the plan for disused quarry consists of recreational, gardening and convenient facilities and while District B in the plan for disused quarry is formed of athletic, gardening and convenient facilities, bearing a different character each other. The budget for making those disused quarry covering 4,028㎡ in Geochang region a resource will be expected to be about 3.518 billion won except land purchase expense. As a result, the study found that such development will result in approximately 5.224 billion won of production inducement and 672 million won of value added in an economic effect aspect. Also, it showed that the development create new 377 jobs and hire 329 persons at the same time. Anyhow, the financial self-supporting ratio of Geochang-gun is meager 13.5%, which is short of the average of the gun-unit bodies in South Gyeongsang Province, showing a very poor financial level. In order to raise such a poor financial self-supporting ratio, Geochang-gun should make full of the resources which it holds and establish the ways which can build an economic base. As a part of the ways, I suggest the development of disused quarry and I could prove the economic ripple effect of such development through this study.