Faculty Information - YOUN Seung Ho

■ Education

1.	2008/10～2014/02	〔Doctorial Course〕 Environmental/social Psychology, Graduate School, Division of Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Completed, Doctor of Philosophy
2.	2006/10～2008/04	〔Master Course〕 Tourism Marketing, Tourism Marketing, Tourism Studies, School of Management, University of Surrey, Completed

■ Academic and professional experience

1.	2015/05～2017/03	School of Tourism Kyonggi University, Suwon, South Korea Lecturer
2.	2014/09～2015/01	School of Business and Economics University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Researcher
3.	2003/10～2004/01	Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS) Ministry of Construction and Transportation Researcher
4.	2001/03～2003/02	Tourism Destination Marketing Lab, Kyonggi University, Suwon South Korea Researcher
5.	2001/03～2002/06	Tour Culture Movement (Non-Governmental Organisation) Researcher

■ Message

Studying involves not only attending classes. You also have to read and experience more but without being asked. That way you will get to be an outstanding student.

■ Current specialized field

Tourism studies, Social psychology

■ Books and theses

1.	2026/07/05	Article	Do Geopolitical Crises Really Matter: The Response of Small　Business Owners in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector in Jordan　to the Adjacent Gaza–Israel Conflict 16(7) (Collaboration)
2.	2026/05	Article	Exploring the nexus of wine tourism and the tourism experience economy: The case of Valpolicella, Italy Journal of Global Tourism Research 11(1),pp.57-62 (Collaboration)
3.	2026/03	Article	A Study on Recovery Experiences and Satisfaction of Participants in Resident-Led Healing Rural Tourism Programs: Focusing on the Onpaku in Japan Northeast Asia Tourism Research (NATR) 22(1),pp.48-67 (Single)
4.	2025/12	Article	The Impact of Local Brand Equity on Place Identity Perception and Behavioral Intentions Asia Pacific Journal of Business 16(4),pp.341-358 (Collaboration)
5.	2022/01	Article	Research on Tourism Contents of HIJI Story (Single)
6.	2021/02	Other	Research on Wellness Tourism in Beppu Bay area (Single)
7.	2020/03	Other	Research on Service Innovation in a Tourist Restaurant in Kannawa Area: Mushikobo Kannawa (Single)
8.	2016/07	Article	The Impacts of CSR Program on Young Students' Attitudes toward the Corporation and Natural Environment: Tourism Study from a Convergence Perspective. Indian Journal of Science and Technology (SCOPUS) 9(26) (Collaboration)
9.	2016/04	Article	Fundamental sources and sustainable development of the Korean cultural entertainment industry with the Korean wave. International Journal of Tourism Sciences 16(43467),pp.83-92 (Collaboration)
10.	2016/04	Article	The young generations’conceptualisation of cultural tourism: colonial heritage attractions in South Korea. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research (SSCI) 21(12),pp.1324-1342 (Collaboration)
11.	2016/02	Article	The Mediation of Information Technology on Visitors’experience at a Cultural Heritage Site Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research (SSCI) 21(10),pp.1126-1141 (Collaboration)
12.	2014/02	Article	The Impact of Colonial Architectural Heritage on South Koreans’National Identity. (Single)
13.	2007/08	Article	Visitor Experiences at Heritage Attractions. (Single)
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■ Conference presentations

1.	2025/11/30	The Effects of Community-Based Tourism on Psychological Well-being (Asia Pacific Conference 2025)
2.	2024/12/01	What factors make community-based tourism successful?: a cause-effect chain between sustainable factors in community-based tourism (Asia Pacific Conference 2024)
3.	2024/07/12	Local Content Tourism (The 96th TOSOK International Tourism Conference, Jeonnam, Yeosu: Strategies and innovation to promote regional tourism in the age of degital transformation)
4.	2024/05/31	Revitalizing Regional Tourism through Local Content: Japan’s Community-Led Town Development Model ‘Onpaku’ (Korea Tourism Research Association Tourism Conference: A New Perspective on Local Tourism)
5.	2024/02/16	Destination Choice of Beauty Tourism: Traditional Hot Spring in Japan (The 95th TOSOK Gyeongnam Tongyeong International Tourism Conference, South Korea)
6.	2023/12/02	Exploring psychological well-being through Community-Based Tourism (Asia Pacific Conference 2023)
7.	2023/07/06	On being community members: exploring psychological mechanisms of community identity construction through Community-Based Tourism (Surrey 2023 Conference: Bringing Hospitality, Tourism, Transport and Events Back for Good, United Kingdom)
8.	2021/12/05	Psychological Reactions towards Negative-natured Historical Attractions in Post-colonial Society (Asia Pacific conference 2021)
9.	2020/07/19	Actions of Small Destinations to Restore Tourism, Lessons from Beppu, Japan (International Webinar of Tourism)
10.	2019/09	Reinventing Museums in the Context of Global Tourism: A Comparative Study of War-related Museums in East Asia and Southeast Asia. (The European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) conference)
11.	2018/12/02	The relationship among medical tourists' evaluation of service encounters, satisfaction, and behavioural intention in medical tourism. (The 16th Asia Pacific Conference)
12.	2016/01	The impacts of CSR programme on participants' attitudes towards the corporation and environment-friendly behaviour: Tourism study from a convergence perspective. (The 3rd International Conference on Digital Policy & Management, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.)
13.	2012/02	Colonial Architecture and Reconstruction of National Identity: People's Perception of Colonial Architecture and Its Transformation. (The Surrey Postgraduate Research Conference, Guildford, United Kingdom.)
14.	2011/10	Colonial Architecture and Reconstruction of National Identity: People’s Perception of Colonial Architecture and Its Transformation (The IAPS-CSBE & Housing International Network Symposium on Continuity and Change of Built Environments-Housing, Space and Culture across Lifespan. Daegu, Korea.)
15.	2011/04	Colonial Architecture and Reconstruction of National Identity (The 12th Annual Psychology Research Student Conference, Guildford, United Kingdom.)
16.	2010/06	Symbolic Colonial Architecture and Identity Construction (Young Researchers’Workshop of the 21st IAPS Conference on Vulnerability, Risk and Complexity: Impacts of Global Change on Human Habitats, Leipzig, Germany)
17.	2009/04	Symbolic Heritage and Reconstruction of Identity (The 10th Annual Psychology　Research Student Conference, Guildford, United Kingdom)
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■ Works

1.	2020/11/10	地獄蒸し工房鉄輪サービスイノベーション
2.	2019/04	Understanding Kyongju South Korea from Kyoto Japan

■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.	2025/04～2026/03	東映太秦映画村』を起点としたインバウンド観光戦略に関する実践的研究 (Key Word : )
2.	2023/04～	Jigoku Mushikobo Kannawa (Key Word : )
3.	2021/04～	Comparative study for sustainable communities using tourism in depopulated areas in the pandemic era (Key Word : )
4.	2021/04～	On being community members: exploring psychological mechanisms of community identity construction through Community-Based Tourism (Key Word : )
5.	2020/04～	地獄蒸し工房鉄輪サービスイノベーション（第2フェーズ) (Key Word : )
6.	2019/04～	Uncovering the black-box of educational dark tourism: Comparative analysis of the mechanisms of packaging and perceiving of war narratives through war heritage sites between former enemies (Key Word : )
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■ Awards and honors

1.	2011/10	Faculty Scholarship for Excellence - Awarded from University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
2.	2010/06	International Association People-Environment Studies Young Researchers Awards: Excellent Research Proposal Award
3.	2007/02	Distinction in dissertation - Awarded from University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
4.	2002/06	Brain Korea 21 (BK21) Scholarship - Awarded from National Research Foundation of Korea, South Korea.

■ Exhibitions, concerts, and competitions

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2023/11/12

The 9th Kannawa Sketch Event: Autumn Sketch Kannawa (Kannawa Beppu Oita)

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