전북연구원 Issue Briefing

Jeonbuk Ecotourism 2.0:Challenges and Tasks for Creating an Ecological Economy

■ Ecotourism provides economic benefits to local residents through the conservation and sustainable management of ecological assets, thus boasting high environmental, economic, and social acceptance. Recognizing its importance, Jeonbuk State is actively promoting ecotourism-related policies. Notably, Jeonbuk can play an integral role in addressing environmental issues and making positive changes in local communities by focusing on the following..

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Chun Jung-Yoon, Kim Bo-gook , Bae Jin-ah

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ecotourism, trend shift, ecological assets, governance, holistic branding

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“A Tectonic Shift in Tourist Roads”The Roads Toward Jeonbuk-led Travel

■ Jeonbuk leading tectonic shift in tourist roadsaIn 2025, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport introduced the “Designation System for Tourist Roads” (the system), setting a new paradigm promoting the convergence of transportation and tourism by utilizing roads as tourism resources rather than simple travel paths. Rich in landscapes and cultural assets, Jeonbuk State should develop a proactive model, in which it revitalizes i..

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Kim Sang-yeop, Kim Hyung-oh

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tourist roads, Jeonbuk Scenic Drive, smart complex shelters, balanced development, data-centered operation

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Proposals for Authentic Balanced National Growth Through “3 Megaregions and 5 Special Self-Governing Provinces”: Plans to Establish 3 New Special Metropolitan Areas Within the 3..

■ Institutional Blind Spots in “5 Megaregions and 3 Special Self-Governing Provinces” (5 Megaregions and 3 Provinces)● Despite its name, “5 Megaregions and 3 Provinces” is being promoted, with 5 megaregions taking center stage, while 3 special provinces are relegated to peripheral positions. The Local Era Committee’s blueprint includes 3 categories, 11 strategies, and 144 tasks; however, the implementational priorities seem to be lopsided..

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Ji-eun Cheon, Kim Jae-gu, Lee Seong-jae, Yoo Seung-soo

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5 Megaregions and 3 Special Self-Governing Provinces, special account for balanced regional development, super megaregion special account, Special Act on Local Autonomy, Decentralization, and Balanced Regional Development, special metropolitan area

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Export Policy Directions for Jeonbuk to Prepare for Exchange Rate Uncertainty

○ Exchange rate uncertainty—a state during which it is difficult to predict how exchange rates will fluctuate, implying not just simple volatility but also uncertainty regarding direction, magnitude, and timing—is negatively impacting all economic activities subject to overseas factors. Furthermore, the industrial structure of Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, centered on traditional manufacturing with small-scale enterprises and a lac..

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Ha Eui-Hyun

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Jeonbuk’s Tourism Policy: Setting the Direction with a Big Data Compass

□ Necessity and Significance of Big Data-based Tourism Analysis◯ The focus has shifted from a statistics-centered approach to a data-centered one, and agencies now use behavior-based big data analysis to diagnose the current tourism status of the region and implement timely tourism policies.◯ To understand tourists’ movement patterns, Jeonbuk must go beyond simple data analysis and comprehensively reinterpret the length of stay, movement str..

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Kim Su-ji, Kim Hyung-oh

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Use of tourism data, Jeonbuk tourist attraction network, movement patterns of Jeonbuk tourists

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Joint Employee Welfare Fund for SMEs – the Essential First Step to Creating Quality Jobs in Jeonbuk State

● Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of Jeonbuk’s economy, accounting for 99.96% of the State’s number of businesses and 90.49% of its number of workers. Nevertheless, lagging far behind large companies and other regions in wages, welfare, and working conditions, they bear the brunt of serious labor shortages.● The central government has, therefore, been proactively supporting the Company Welfare Fund and Joint Emplo..

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Kim Soo- Eun, Kim Min-kyung

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Setting the Stage for World Youth Day 2027 to Transcend Religion and Offer Unique Opportunities for All in Jeonbuk State!

● World Youth Day 2027, a massive Catholic festival, is expected to attract between 400,000 and 1 million Catholic youth, with 40,000–50,000 of them, including 10,000 foreigners, attending the Jeonju Diocese Convention. Thus, Jeonbuk State must seize this rare opportunity to promote itself as the capital of K-culture and leverage the region’s great religious heritage to develop religious pilgrimage programs.● Jeonbuk must proactively support..

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Jang Se-gil, Kim Sang-yeop

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Urgent Need to Create a Jeonbuk-based National Flagship Science Museum to Eliminate Science and Cultural Blind Spots in the Metropolitan Economic and Community Zone

□ National flagship science museums—essential cultural spaces in metropolitan economic and community zones◯ Science museums are increasingly being recognized as essential cultural spaces that, along with libraries, gyms, and performance facilities, are integral to regional communities.◯ The number of visitors to national science museums has steadily increased since the COVID-19 pandemic, with the average number per museum being approximately..

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Lee Ji- Hoon, Ahn Su- Yong, Jang Sung-hyuk

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Metropolitan economic and community zone, national flagship science museum, Jeonbuk State

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The Era of Inland Laver Cultivation: Transcending the Limitations of the Sea -Leading Strategies With a Global Focus Centered on K-Inland Laver Cultivation -

● Jeonbuk State’s ushering in a new chapter of inland laver cultivationaInland laver cultivation has been hailed as an eco-friendly and high-value-added model for sustainable fisheries due to its potential to effectively navigate the environmental constraints of marine aquaculture and enable year-round productionaJeonbuk State has recently been designated as a pioneer in transitioning to inland laver cultivation in recognition of its R&a..

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Na Jeong-ho, Kim Hee-Soo

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Industrialization of inland laver cultivation, structural transformation in the laverindustry, standard K-laver model

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Strategic Roadmaps and Action Plans to Realize a Rural Basic Society - Public Interest Allowance for FarmersㆍRural Basic IncomeㆍRural Life Support -

□ Why should rural areas be the starting point for realizing a basic society?○ Rural areas/societies have played an integral role in mobilizing resources in the process of development and growth, but they are facing a crisis of local extinction as widening social and economic gaps have forced their residents to suffer disadvantages of farming and inconveniences in daily life.○ Rural areas must be maintained and protected, as they are crucial ..

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Hwang Young-mo, Jeongho-Joong

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Rural basic society, basic society, rural basic income, public interest allowance for farmers, rural life support

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