KOREASCHOLAR

Green tourism has recently focused on an alternative plan for activating a rural economy and coping with an income inequality between urban and rural areas. The Rural Development Administration has supported farm restaurants with the aim of increasing the income of farmers, determined unique native local foods and developed programs based on the experience rural life since 2007. Farm restaurants, which are the new type of local food restaurants, have unique food and various experiencing programs that reflect their own regional characteristics. We would like to understand how the farm restaurants have been developed and what types of characteristics they have based on the currently operating farm restaurants. The management situations and value of farm restaurants as tourist attractions were investigated as well in the tools for rural development.

• 정유경(세종대학교 호텔관광대학 외식경영학과) | Yukyeong Chong Corresponding author
• 김맹진(세종대학교 호텔관광대학 외식경영학과) | Maengjin Kim
• 송현주(세종대학교 호텔관광대학 외식경영학과) | Hyonju Song
• 이명은(세종대학교 호텔관광대학 외식경영학과) | Myoungeun Lee