This study has focused on the strategic plan of attracting more international and domestic tourists for development of central districts broadly, as central .cities of the provinces north of Gyongsang, Mungkyeong, Andong, Yeongju .
To achieve the goal of this study, it used the following;
● set up a period of time from 2002 to 2011 that was based on tourism development plan in Gyongbuk province
● range of area are three cities as central cities of the provinces north of Gyongsang, Mungkyeong, Andong, Yeongju.
● carried out theoretical contemplations which was based on relevant academic treatises and reports.
● was conducted in questionnaire form on a one-to-one basis with 90 respondents who composed of civil servant, professor, staff of tourist business.
Chapter 2 theoretical contemplations have shown the concept of tourist city, connection development, effects and variables of connection tourism development
In chapter 3, the potentiality of the tourism of three cities(Mungkyeong, Andong, Yeongju) have been explained in these aspects : natural environments, human resource environments, tourism environments.
On the base of these analysis about potentiality of the tourism of three cities,
first, these cities had good condition of geographical, climate, topographical in natural environments.
Second, they had good condition of transportation, tourism marketability, historical and cultual characteristics in human resource environments.
Third, they had good condition of natural tourism resource, cultural tourism resource in human resource environments.
In chapter 4, in order to analysis the impact of connection tourism development, classified 4 categories : tourism institutions, tourism resource and products, tourism systems, tourism investments.
90 professionals participated in the surveys of impact of connection tourism development three in tourist cities(Mungkyeong, Andong, Yeongju), and their opinions and evaluations were screened through many statistical procedures analysing indices of reliability analysis, frequency analysis, AVOVA, regression analysis.
The chapter 5 has investigated the strategies of connection tourism development in three cities.
As the guideline of the connection tourism development strategies, there are several alternative plans that enabled balance-development of promoting tourism locality. However, secure of investment capital is more important in tourist attractions-article connection. The stable secure of financial support for tourism development is primarily based on local economic activity.
Unfortunately, almost all Korea local authorities foundations have radical limitation of promoting to tourism development project, this is mainly due to weak economic situation with fragility in local financial. Therefore, it is significant to get the central government and a megalopolis governments intervention regarding tourism development project.
At present, the tendency is toward increasing of participating in private sectors and coming under private management in all kinds of development project. In addition, there found some limitation of promoting relative management only in the public organization, thus it is important to induce active private departments participation.
Basically, it is essential to find out key factors of overcoming the difficulties on attracting private sectors investment and their participation. At the same time, there need to seek solution of the difficulties and execute offering the incentives hence attract private investment.
According to the results from analysis, the infrastructure and the expansion of social indirect capital are urgent through active supporting of a central government, megalopolis government and connection of tourism system. Moreover, it is suggested that there need to promote establishing of effective information-system, and correctness in tourist information, which affect in decision of a tourism policy. Finally, it is vital to promote development of tourist attractions-article connection.