A Study on Sustainable Tourism
and Community Participation inAgricultural Heritage Sites-Focused on Uljin Geumgang Pine Tree Habitat-

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Gu, Jin Hyuk

Contents
01. Introduction

02. Linkage Local Resources and Agricultural Heritage in Uljin

03. Community Participation and Sustainable Tourism

04. Sustainable Tourism of Agricultural Heritage

01 Introduction

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01 Introduction
Background & Purpose

Research Area (Spatial Extent)
Guemgangsongmyeon

Uljin County

KIAHS Area4

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01 Introduction
What is Sustainable Tourism?
Sustainable tourism is the concept of visiting a place as tourist and trying to make a positive impact

on the environment, society and economy. And It contains responsible travel to natural areas.

Local Communities

Agricultural Heritage Tourism

Natural ResourceConservation

Sustainable Tourism
Eco tourism

Benefits for Local People

Green tourism/Rural tourism

Sustainable Travel5

02 Linkage Local Resources of Uljin
And Agricultural Heritages

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02 Linkage Local Resources of Uljin and Agricultural Heritage< Gyeongsangbuk-do>

Target Area
• Administrative areas : 10 ‘Myeons(towns)’ 195 ‘Lis(villages)• Total Area: 989.43 ㎢

Demographic• Populations: Total 53,103• Households : Total 24,926

Physiographic• The average temperature : 13.15°• Average Precipitation: 68.2mm

Forest Status• Forest Area : 47,097.62ha(88.78%)• A Coniferous Forest: 28,736.5ha(56.6%)• Geumgang Pine Forest : 43,330ha(92%)• Natural Forests : 42,980,23ha(91.13%)
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02 Linkage Local Resources of Uljin and Agricultural Heritage① Forest genetic resource protection forest(2001)• Area of forest : 3,705ha• Distribution of 34 million Geumgang pine tree
• The largest natural community in a single area

② Ecological landscape conservation area(2005)• Operate ecotourism routes in the Wangpicheon area
• More than 85% of green tract of land of grade 8 or higher
Natural river conservation③ KIAHS(2016)• Geumgang pine forest and symbiosis system ofresidents and Agroforestry④ National Geopark of Korea(2017)

Deokgu vally

Bulyoung vally

Seongryu cave

Wangpicheon vally8

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02 Linkage Local Resources of Uljin and Agricultural Heritage• Cultivating pine mushroom and producing timber through conservation of Geumgang pine forest• Linkage festivals, visitor experiencing programs and products related to pine trees.
Pine tree Products

Pine tree FestivalExperience10AStudyonSustainableTourismandCommunityParticipationin
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The Forest
Management

Protection& UsePine Mushroom
Paganism(Folk Belief)

Farming(Forestry)
Equipment

Timber

Disforestation(Logging)

National
PolicyWooden Building
Construction

Product Activity ofcommunity

Conservation&Application

Processedgoods

TimberCultural LandscapeSustainable tourism

Pine Mushroom< Building Construction> < Wooden Coffin Resource> <Drainpipe> <Processed Goods>

The Forest
Management

Restoration ofCultural Properties<Ecotourism>

Paganism(Folk Belief)<Gathering Pine Mushroom>
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02 Linkage Local Resources of Uljin and Agricultural Heritage• There is a national and a private system which has preserved and managed Geumgang Pine Forest over 500 years.
• Cultural landscape of the village such as community forest which is planted near the pine forest , the village shrine(‘Seonghwangdang’)

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Trade Route for Peddler merchant ‘Bobusang’, Joseon Dynasty (The Old Forest Trail) ➔ Designated ‘Geumgang Pine
Forest Genetic Resources Protection Zone’ ➔ Open Geumgang Pine Forest Roads to Public (2011)• The old forest roads is a trade route from seaside of Uljin to inland area.
• There is the old forest roads within a thick pine forest of Uljin.
• Culture, history, tradition and nature of Uljin are well-preserved with the forest.
• Every May, A festival is held by local community which plays a role of passing on ‘Bobusang Culture’.

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03 Community Participation andSustainable Tourism

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03 Community Participation and Sustainable Tourism• Open ‘Geumgang Pine Forest Roads’ to the Public from April to November every year
• Strictly limited the number of visitors : 80 people /1 course & a day• Visitors should accompany with the certified tour guides and forest interpreters who are local people.
• In principle, visitors should use service which is provided by local people such as B&B, meals, forest interpreter and cars
The Old Forest Roads Management & Community Participation SystemCoursemanaging

The Pine Forest Roads

Community Participation

Limit the number of Visitors

Visitor Information Center(80 people/1course)(Visitors, Villages, Forest Interpreters
Forest Interpreters

Operation
System

Accompany with Tour Guide

Management

Assign a person in chare each route(8 Interpreters)
Community involvement

B&B (Bed & Breakfast)
Providing
Visitor Service

Reservation through Internet & Phone-call

Food Truck(Packed food box)

Visitor Information Center
Main Body(GeumgangPine

ForestRoads

VisitorInformation Center)
Supporting Experiencing Program forOthers

Each Forestry Fraternity(Each Forest village Society )Forest Experiencing Instructors

Socially Disadvantaged ClassOver 65 year-old people,
2 times/a week(Mon, Wed)/20 people

Forest Interpreters
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Forest Interpretation

Food TruckTaverns (Traditional Pub & Inn)

Home stay18

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Units: people

The Number of Visitor to the Forest

36,83030,851
23,861

16,61918,39017,0962013

2014

12,610

2011

2012

2015

2016

176,040

Income Change of Surrounding Villages

160,098
134,970

101,268

2017

Food truck

104,454

70,068Homestay

39,942

22,7602011

34,60029,68029,710

2012

2013

2014

57,464

46,16439,050

2015

2016

2017
Units: 1,000won(₩)

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MAFRA(Ministry of Agriculture, Foodand Rural Affairs)

Uljin County

Southern Regional Officeof Forest Service

Korean Agricultural andFishery Heritage Society
Department ofForest & Green Space
Financial Support

Heritage Promotion Committee

Human Resource Cultivation& Promotion(Uljin Citizen About 1,000 people)

Committee Participation

National Forest
Management Office of Uljin

Connected-Project Support
Geumgang Pine Forest Roads
Visitors Information Center
Providing Visitors Service

Surrounding Villages ofGeumgang Pine Forest Roads

Connect Visitors to the Villages
Management of Geumgang Pine forest Road

Empowerment

Promotion/Marketing

Operationof AutonomousOrganization

Supporting Forest RoadsInterpreters

Prevention Campaign of Forest
fire an Pine Wilt Disease

Providing Visitors’ Service(B&B, Food Truck)

Running 5 Course(Course 3-1 test operating)

Running Geumgang Pine
Forest Ranger

Collective Income Activities(Taverns, Experiencing Programs)

Running Ecological education
Program for students

Holding a seminar of Geumgang
pine forest conservation

Manpower Supporting(Interpreters, Experiencing Instructors)

Running a Program for theSocially disadvantaged class

Cultivating Agricultural
Heritage Interpreters(Forest Village Fraternity, Village Fraternity)

Running the forest roads

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03 Community Participation and Sustainable Tourism• Strengthening management abilities in order to keep coexistence local people with Uljin.

• Attempting to strengthen visitors, local people and students’ abilities by running differentiated programs for each
Help Visitors to Understand Geumgang
Pine Forest (Pine Tree)

Help Local People to Understand Geumgang
Pine Tree and Agricultural Heritage

Help Students to Understand Geumgang
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04 Sustainable Tourism of Agricultural Heritage• Biodiversity & values of ecosystem service should beevaluated as well as being predicted according tochange of land use and land cover caused by tourism inAgricultural heritage. It is also necessary to make a plan
to keep a balance of development and conservation
based on the results of assessment and prediction.
• Making a land use plan and control tourists’ needs incompliance with results of assessment.

Agriculture&Environment

Forestry
Ecology

Land use
Land cover

Habitat Quality Assessment

We derive quantitative biodiversity
valuation factor using
habitat quality assessment• Establish responsible traveling culture through continuous education and communication between localpeople and visitors.
• Branding products of agricultural heritage sites and fair trade off• Providing incentives to local people with ‘Direct Payment Program for Agricultural Heritage Conservation’.
• Promoting consumption, for example accommodation, experiencing programs and buying agriculturalproducts, through linkage adjacent villages and villages on agricultural heritage sites.
• Generating greater economic benefits for local people and Enhancing the well-being of host communities.
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04 Sustainable Tourism of Agricultural Heritage❑ Food and livelihood security➔ Culinary Tourism❑ Agro-biodiversity➔ Eco -Tourism❑ Local andTraditional Knowledge system➔ Green /Rural Tourism❑ Culture,
Value system and Social Organisations➔ Culture Tourism, Responsible travel❑ Landscape and Seascape Feature➔ Green /Rural Tourism
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