This study examined the interaction between NPO(Tourism Association) and the government in Korea, Specifically the cooperative relationship between the tourism association and the government was analyzed. Government policy and administration need cooperative relationship with interest group. But Korean government pursue top down approach to the tourism associations. For the cooperative partnership between NPO and the government, it is needed to reveal the current relationship between the groups. So far, very little has been done in this direction. The respondents of the tourism association perceived that the communication channel is not sufficient to deliver the opinions to the government in the policy formation process. But the government officials perceived that they accepted the tourism associations' opinion in the tourism policy formation process. For the better cooperative relationship between NPO(tourism association) and the government, both sides needs to know the different recognition on their relationship. The real partnership between the two groups could make the tourism policy efficient.