Abstract
The purposes of this study were 1) to identify different sub-segments of tourism market in Cheju island based on fashion image of clothing souvenir and 2) to provide manufactures with useful information for developing cultural fashion goods related to Cheju island. The data were collected via a self-administered questionnaire from 192 female tourist(20-59 years old) in Cheju and analyzed by factor analysis, cluster analysis, one-way ANOVA and $\chi$$^2$-test. Six factors of fashion image were found image were found and labeled as: Sexy/feminine, wild/mannish, easy/simple, Cheju, ecology, natural image. Four factors of benefit sought were also identified: Practicality/economic-value, fashionability/preference of design, reputation and souvenir-value. Three groups were identified based on fashion image sought: Image of primitive nature(G1: 37.7%), image of nature in the city(G2: 20.1%), sexy/feminine image(G3: 42.2%). There were significant differences among sub-groups in age, fashion innovation, benefit sought and intention of buying Gal-ot. Younger females(20-30 ages) were included more in group 1 than group 2 while older females(40-50 ages) were included more in group 2. Group 1 had a higher score of fashion innovation comparing group 3. Group 1 had the highest scores on practicality/economic-value and souvenir-value. However, group 2 placed the highest importance on reputation as well as practicality/economic-value and group 3 had the lowest scores on all types of benefit. Group 1 and group 2 had intention of buying Gal-ot more than group 1. Based on the results of this study, manufactures may implement target marketing strategies on group 1 which sought the image of primitive nature and group 2 which sought the image of nature in the city.