As a Tourist Destination, certain places like Namdaemun Market, has multiple
layers of identity. It can be explainable by the belief that a sense of place is
made of multiple factors such as nature&environment, history, human and function.
Neverth...
As a Tourist Destination, certain places like Namdaemun Market, has multiple
layers of identity. It can be explainable by the belief that a sense of place is
made of multiple factors such as nature&environment, history, human and function.
Nevertheless, since a place identity is an important factor that distinguish certain
place from others and encourage its competitiveness along many tourist sites,
figuring out the most valuable place identity is pursuable.
Based on the review of related literature, firstly, this study conceptualized
place identities of Namdaemun Market in the light of its four features: 1)
Legitimacy 2) Humanity 3) Symbolic feature of History and 4) Function. Secondly,
this study also study which identity of Namdaemun Market influence on the place
attachment and the place loyalty mostly.
The data for measuring identity of Namdaemun Market, place attachment, and
place loyalty were collected from 257 of domestic and foreign visitors who visit
Namdaemun Market in 2018. Results showed the scale had reliability and validity.
Results also indicated the identities of Namdaemun market from its legitimacy,
humanity and symbolic feature of history only influence on the place attachment
and place loyalty while the identity from functional feature doesn't. More
specifically, the Identity of humanity was the most influential antecedent of place
attachment and loyalty. Lastly, limitation and future research directions were also
discussed.