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HyowooLee

Kyle A. Brebner

IERW(03)

6 October 2016

A Need For Geotourism in Je-Ju

These days, the Je-Ju island which is located the south of Korea is welcomed from many foreign tourists over the world because of its beautiful landscape, nature and traditional places. Thanks to this natural view, the local region is getting growing and helping to vitalize its economy. However, even though growing, it is undergoing several problems as much as it is. For example, sometimes some heritage or historic sites get damaged by people and some local residents misuse cultural asset for their economic benefits. For this reason, there is in need of geotourism.

One possible effect of geotourism is to preserve Je-ju’s nature and its own tradition. Sometimes several tourists keep continually touching heritage or historic sites in spite of a warning or they use pens to let others knowing they visited there. In addition, other people usually use transportation such as cars and buses that can be harmful to natural environment. However, if using geotourism, Je-ju can’t suffer from those harms less than before and also by walking around directly, people can enjoy real beauty that Je-ju has and learn how important it is to preserve nature.

Another possible effect is economic benefits for the local. Because of tourism, Je-ju which is continuing growing is helpful for local economy and gives many local people employment. There are some people who misuse those benefits for them but with use of geotourism, there can be helps for the other people who are unemployed more. Also, if the region is developed economically, it can give tourists more comfortable and easy tour during trip. 

Therefore, today as an famous attraction over the world, to be developed more, Je-ju needs geotourism which can be benefits for tourists, the local people and Je-ju all and more people can realize the importance of nature and keep it clean.