Northern region of Kyonggi Province now possesses most favorable opportunity for becoming a new test site for its regional economy. It has diverse natural resources and cultural assets and local self-governing body proposed various measures for vitalizing local economy for its recovery.
Northern region of Kyonggi Province is the place where culture and tradition of the country are kept alive and most national and confucian culture are preserved in its traditional cultural belt which demands its further development. In the following this author presented overall picture on the measures for vitalizing cultural tourism required for development of such traditional cultural belt:
First, it is required to create new traditional cultural belt which can display local colour possessed by northern region of Kyonggi Province. Second, through positive participation and education of local residents it will be possible to have qualitative improvement of tourism and increasing value of tourism. Third, by utilization of professional tourist agencies it is necessary to plan and develop new touristic products. Fourth, developing diverse programs featuring personal experience of tradition, chic and Confucian thought through evolving touristic products for homestay experience at traditional houses and inducing local residents' involvement in such program will be necessary.
In future in order to enforce effective implementation of such plan and program there should be organic cooperative structure and system among self-governing body, citizen groups, community residents and educational institutions. Concept for touristic products which features cultural experience should be established through specialists' groups or public hearing, etc. and thus most significant task ahead of us is developing diverse touristic products for cultural experience.