• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.283-290
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• 2023

This study investigates the influential factors on online word-of-mouth (eWOM) intentions towards educational tourist destinations, primarily focusing on Korean universities and Chinese tourists. It reveals a positive correlation between eWOM intentions and the desire to enroll in these institutions. The significance of eWOM for attracting Chinese students elucidates the importance of establishing a strong brand image and ensuring high levels of tourist satisfaction. Moreover, social media users who travel for education purposes were found to emphasize self-image consistency and conspicuous self-expression. This research underscores the utility of leveraging social media to enhance the perception of educational tourist attractions, promoting these destinations, and stimulating eWOM, thereby enriching the understanding of the strategic use of social media in international student recruitment.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.205-210
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• 2022

With the rapid development of the social economy and the continuous improvement of living standards, a favorable environment has been provided for the rapid development of the tourism industry. The highly developed Internet technology has provided people with more convenient online travel. With the rapid development of online tourism, tourism-related Internet businesses are also developing rapidly. This study first introduces the research background and significance of the study, and suggests the necessity of Ctrip's business model optimization study based on the development of social economy such as online tourism development hotspots and business model research issues. Ctrip explains the current status of research inside and outside the online travel industry and business model, in-depth introduction and analysis of related concepts and theories such as online travel and OTA business models, and expands them based on expert research. Several aspects such as insufficient Ctrip's existing business model, high current operating costs, major factors affecting suppliers, and slow development of new business were suggested, and alternatives were suggested to solve these problems. Ctrip maintained a sustainable competitive edge, including Ctrip's business model optimization strategy for value creation and innovation and Internet business model optimization strategy for customer value chains.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.443-454
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• 2017

A positive destination image has an impact on the tourist arrivals and economic growth of the tourist destination. Recently, the content generated by sharing tourist experiences and destination information on the internet has been increasing. The online content has the potential to become a major tourist decision source and provide more in-depth materials and richer content to extract destination image, insight and tourist's perceptions of the destination. This study was designed to explore the destination image of Daegu online and draw lessons for successful image management in an era of big data. Text mining approach and social network analysis were conducted to extract destination image determining elements and assess the influence of the elements. The result showed that destination image elements related to tourist infra-structures and culture, history and art affected the overall destination image of Daegu. Destination marketers should make an effort to grasp these precise destination image and seek ways to boost competitiveness as a tourist destination.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.187-201
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• 2022

Online reviews written by tourists provide important information for the management and operation of the tourism industry. The star rating of online reviews is a simple quantitative evaluation of a product or service, but it is difficult to reflect the sincere attitude of tourists. There is also an issue; the star rating and review content are not matched. In this study, a star rating prediction model based on online review content was proposed to solve the discrepancy problem. We compared the differences in star ratings and sentiment by continent through sentiment analysis on tourist attractions and hotels written by foreign tourists who visited Korea. Variables were selected through TF-IDF vectorization and sentiment analysis results. Logit, artificial neural network, and SVM(Support Vector Machine) were used for the classification model, and artificial neural network and SVR(Support Vector regression) were applied for the rating prediction model. The online review rating prediction model proposed in this study could solve inconsistency problems and also could be applied even if when there is no star rating.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.521-523
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• 2021

관광 분야에서 온라인 리뷰의 중요성이 커지고 있다. 온라인 리뷰의 텍스트 데이터는 파악이 어렵다. 이에 본 연구에서는 특정 관광지에 대한 온라인 리뷰 텍스트 데이터가 나타내는 전반적인 의견을 직관적으로 도출하는 방법에 대해 알아보고자, 토픽 모델링과 Markov Chain을 시행했다. '해운대'에 대한 온라인 리뷰를 수집한 후, LDA와 BTM을 활용하여 주제를 도출하고, Markov Chain을 시각화하여 키워드 간의 관계와 전체적인 평가 내용을 확인했다. 사용된 기법은 각자 특징적인 결과를 제시했기 때문에 다양한 기법을 상보적으로 이용하기를 제안하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.23-31
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• 2019

In this study, we collected data through online travel notes from January to December 2018 and analyzed the seasonal travel characteristics of individual visiting Chinese by utilizing social network analysis. The analysis showed that Seoul is a hub for Chinese travel to Korea and the main destinations for individual visiting Chinese are concentrated in Seoul, Busan, Jeju Island, Gyeongju and Gangneung, with wide differences in seasons. The research results can be used as basic data for the development of tourism courses for individual Chinese tourists to Korea, provision of tourism services and optimization of tourism facility layout. Future research can consider continuing to use network travel notes to study the tourist destination and the mode of transportation between tourist nodes, which can provide reference for the development of tourist market and the planning and design of tourist traffic.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.7
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• pp.475-486
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• 2020

The purpose of present study is to identify the regional tourism resources using Webometric network analysis. The study focuses on Suseong area in Daegu metropolitan city. Various kinds of web-based data, for example, hit counts, online news, and public comments, were used to discover hot places and people's responses. The research question is, 'First, what is the optimum level of the search engine for suseong? Second, what is the online appearance of tourist resources in suseong? Which region is the center of tourism with high levels of emergence? Third, what are the main contents of news articles and comments related to the Suseong pond?'. The results show that the search engine optimization level in Suseong is lower than that in other areas in Daegu. In other words, tourism information and contents regarding Suseong are not highly visible on cyber space. Importantly, Suseong pond had the highest online presence. A close analysis of both online news and users' comments on Suseong pond, however, revealed the biggest concern as calling for improving public accessibility to tourism infrastructure. The findings are expected to contribute to policy development and service operation related to tourism resources in Suseong.

• Information Systems Review
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.145-164
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• 2023

The proliferation of online reviews on dining experiences has significantly affected consumers' choices of restaurants, especially overseas. Food quality, service, ambiance, and price have been identified as specific attributes for the choice of a restaurant in prior studies. In addition to these four representative attributes, cultural factors, which may also significantly impact the choice of a restaurant for tourists, in particular, have not received much attention in previous studies. This study employs the text mining technique to analyze over 10,000 online reviews of 76 Korean restaurants posted by Chinese tourists on dianping.com to explore the influence of cultural factors on the consumer's choice of restaurants in the overseas travel context. The findings reveal that "Hallyu (Korean Wave)" influences Chinese tourists' dining experiences in Korea and their satisfaction. Moreover, Korean food-related words, such as cold noodle, bibimbap, rice cake, pig trotters, and kimchi stew, appeared across all the review topics. Our findings contribute to the existing tourism and hospitality literature by identifying the critical role of cultural factors on consumers', especially tourists', satisfaction with the choice of a restaurant using text mining. The findings also provide practical guidance to restaurant owners in Korea to attract more Chinese tourists.

• Digital Contents
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• no.11 s.114
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• pp.40-40
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• 2002

문화관광부가 온라인게임에 대한 사전등급 심의를 강화하고 있는 가운데 한국게임산업연합회(www.kgia.org)는 지난 10월 17일 온라인게임의 사회적 부작용을 해소하고 건전한 온라인게임 문화를 조성하기 위해 사업자들이 준수해야 할 '온라인게임사업자 자율규제 권고안'을 마련해 회원사들이 지키도록 한다고 발표했다. 정보통신부의 정보통신윤리위원회(이하 정통윤)와 문화관광부의 영상물등급위원회(이하 영등위)의 사전ㆍ사후 심사를 뛰어넘은 온라인게임 업계 자정노력을 지켜봐 달라며 기자간담회를 개최했다. 한국게임산업연합회 임동근(49) 회장으로부터 취지와 앞으로의 계획을 들어보았다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.1414-1417
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• 2011

의료관광은 관광객의 체류기간이 길고 소비지출이 크기 때문에 21세기의 새로운 고부가가치 산업으로 인식되고 있다. 이미 인도,태국,싱가포르 등은 의료관광산업을 국가전략산업으로 지정하여 연간 수십만명의 해외의료관광객이 찾아 높은 수익을 얻고 있다. 또한 정보기술을 활용하여 온라인 상담을 통한 치료상담, 항공,숙박 예약등을 지원하는 시스템을 갖추고 있다. 우리나라는 의료관광 발전의 가능성이 높고 IT강국이라 알려져 있음에도 불구하고 의료관광 운영을 위한 IT솔루션이 거의 전무한 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 최근 국가의 고부가가치 산업으로 인식되고 있는 의료관광에 IT정보기술을 활용한 의료관광 정보시스템 개발을 위하여 요구분석을 하고 이에 필요한 시스템 구성요소를 제안한다.