어청도의 입지적 특성과 관광적 가치성에 관한 연구

Abstract

Eocheongdo has many locational characteristics even if this island is sixty-five kilometers away from Gunsan's harbour. It takes two hours and thirty minutes from the harbour to the island. Eocheongdo is located at the end of west from Gunsansi, and is not far away from China. Therefrore the island has been a very important region as a strategic point since old times in our country. Eocheongdo comtains such tourist resources as the lihgthouse that is appointed as a registered cultural assets(NO.378) by the central government, the begcon mound, the Chidongmyo(shrine) that is designated for Gunsan City's local cultural assets(NO.14), and the natural resources of marine tourism, and so forth. This study examined the property to approach, the property in the classification of island type, the characteristics in the defence & boundary of our country, the advanced base of western fishery, the blue tourism & marine-therapy, the place for the historical & cultural experience, and the characteristics in natural environmental resources. It is thought that the valuableness of tourism in Eogheongdo is very high in the future in the light of the beauty of natural scene, the vitalization of coastal cruise tourism, the linkage tourism, the importance of historical & cultural resources, the fishing tourism, and the abundance of marine resources etc. In short, it is expected that there are much tourist potentialities in Eocheongdo if the industry of cruise tourism is vitalized even though this island has many limitations in the tourist development.