DMZ 일원지역에 대한 관광정책 변동의 경로의존성 분석

초록

The purpose of this study is to analyze the past Korean governments’ tourism policy changes of the DMZ region since domestic tourists’ visit to DMZ Panmunjom started in January 1980, based on the path dependency theory of the historical institutionalism. The research was conducted using Yin’s case study method. The results of analysis showed that firstly, the initial institutional formation process of the path formative phase(early 1980s to late 1990s) changed rapidly due to the ‘historical coincidences’ such as the East-West Deténte and the collapse of the Cold War regime, acting as ‘critical junctures.’ Yet, the process of institutional changes under four conservative regimes over 20 years has been gradual, and the course of institutional change has been centered on security tourism.. Secondly, the financial crisis of 1997, another historical coincidence, acted as the ‘critical juncture’ to rapidly transform the initial institutional formation process of the path extensional phase (late 1990s to late 2000s). Despite this, under the two liberal administrations, the 10 year process of institutional changes was gradual, and the course of the change expanded from security tourism to ecological and peace tourism, after the enactment of the Border Area Support Act in 2000.. Thirdly, the initial institutional formation process of the path consolidation phase (late 2000s to late 2010s) was done gradually. Under the three administrations, the process of institutional change over a decade or so has been gradual. With the elevation of ‘the Border Area Support Act’ to ‘the Special Act on Support for Border Area in 2011, the institutional changes made a turn. The tourism policy of the DMZ region was extended, connected, and patterned to ecological, peace, security, historical-cultural tourism., through a self-reinforcing sequence and reactive sequence.

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