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Byeong Cheol Lee

 

 

Ph.D. Student

Education

B.A. –in Hotel Management, Department of Hotel Management, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea

B.A. –Minor in Tourism Management, Department of Tourism Management, Dongguk University, Republic of Korea

M.A. –in Arts in Tourism Management, Department of Tourism Management, Kyung Hee Univerisity, Republic of Korea

Thesis: A Study on Establishing Indicators for Sustainable Rural Tourism Development and Their Relative Importance: Using A.H.P. Approach

Research Interests

My research interests include sustainable and community-based tourism development, containing community conflict management, and rural tourism. I am also interested in small scale festivals and events for local vitalization.

Advisor:  Dr. Bruce Wicks

Contact:  e-mail: blee37@uiuc.edu      phone: 217-722-6083

Experience

Research Assistant

Evaluation of the Cultural and Ecological, Green Tourism Resource Development Project, funded by Ministry of Culture and Tourism (05/2006- 03/2007).                --Visited and conducted evaluations on all of the Cultural, Eco and Green tourist sites in Korea.

Decentralization Tourism Strategies and Policy Guidelines for Balanced National Development, funded by the Office of the Prime Ministry (09/2006-12/2006).        --Interviewed local festival officials and Inspected local festivals in Korea