2011 Volume 57 Issue 1 Pages 37-48
In this study, to identify research direction of green tourism in the mountainous regions, related research results have been reviewed among the research fields of rural area, tourism and forest economics. Form the research field of rural area, socioeconomical impacts of green tourism on individual and quality control and manager of farm inn was found as important topics. Form the research field of rural area and tourism, it was found that study about methods for encouraging intermediate organizations to support and manage rural tourism was important. From the research field of forest economics, it was found that study about the conditions of green tourism as a community revitalization and synthetic research direction was found to be important which focuses not only on rural tourism but also focuses on multiple topics related to mountainous region, such as interactions between rural area and cities, timber production and forest management.
