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This paper is to analyze and forecast the demand and supply of rural tourism, and to find strategies for development of rural tourism in Korea. During the period from the launch of the Rural Tourism Village Program in 2002 until 2006, a total of 398 rural tourism villages have been designated by the...

This paper is to analyze and forecast the demand and supply of rural tourism, and to find strategies for development of rural tourism in Korea. During the period from the launch of the Rural Tourism Village Program in 2002 until 2006, a total of 398 rural tourism villages have been designated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs (MGAHA), the Rural Development Administration (RDA), the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT), and the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) respectively. Rural tourism is expanding in Korea. The demand for rural tourism has sharply increased since 2000. The forecast says that the demand for rural tourism taking a broad sense, in 2012, total rural tourists will be 66,702 thousand persons or 23.4% of total national tourism, and it will be 98,461 thousand persons or 32.8% in 2017. Taking a narrow sense of rural tourism, the demand for rural tourism in 2012 will be is 9,749 thousand persons or 3.4% of total national tourism, and it will be 15,915 thousand persons or 5.3% in 2017.

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