Geotourism in Jeju Island

  Geotourism is a tourism that sustains or improves a travel destination and Jeju Island is one of the destinations that shows a good example of geotourism. Located in southern coast of Korea, Jeju Island is popular for its beautiful nature and local food to tourists. Jeju Island in fact, has an app for tourists providing information about Geo-trail, Geo-house, Geo-food, and Geo-activity which helps geotourism. The possible effects of geotourism in Jeju are allowing tourists to enjoy the nature and experience the different cultures of Jeju Island.
 

  One possible effect of geotourism in Jeju Island is the nature that tourists can enjoy. There are many places in Jeju that are famous for its beautiful nature. One example is Jeju Olle. It is the series of walking paths that stretch across the southern coast of the island, through forests, volcanic cones. Tourists can use bicycles or just walk along these paths admire the sight. Horse riding is another example that tourists can enjoy. Jeju has finely bred horses and island pony and tourists can experience horseback riding through local people's of horse ranches.

 

  Another possible effect of goetourism in Jeju Island is that tourists can experience the Jeju culture by having their local food and using guesthouse. Seafood is a major part of Jeju cuisine. The freshest, locally sourced seafood, caught by locals, provides fine dishes for tourists. Also, black pork barbecue is another popular food and it is famous for its chewier and delicious taste. For the guesthouses, it can be more friendly and open to tourists to experience the culture in Jeju. Tourists can easily meet local people and hear the stories or get the information of the Island. This can help tourists to better understand the Jeju Island.

 

  Jeju Island keeps growing as a popular tourist destination. Having tourists enjoy the nature and experience the cultures of Jeju with goetourism will effect tourists and both local people to benefits each other.

'Living on an Urban Planet' Summary

 

Living on an Urban Planet

     

 Number of people living in cities are exceeding every year and more than one-half of the people are living in cities now. It is seemed to increase rapidly as humans have become urban species.

 

 In 19th and early 20th century, urban areas had negative terms as grounds for disease and crime. However, urbanization is now considered as good news. Economist Edward Glaeser says cities are productive because people can exchange goods and ideas easily without taking long. Employees can share knowledge and this flow of ideas bring successful cities. Another environmentalist Stewart Brand says cities have less impact on the environment because dense cities produce less greenhouse gases per person. Urbanization is inevitable part of development and the problem is how to manage the growth properly.

 

 Seoul is a good example of urbanization. It began to invest the companies to make products to foreigners and this helped Samsung and Hyundai to develop. Lots of men and women worked in new factories and these allowed the city to absorb more people. Seoul's rapid urbanization brought successful growth in economy.

 

 Despite this success, how to manage urbanization, especially focusing on urban sprawl is the problem around the world. Urban planning professor Shlomo Angel sees two reasons for urban sprawl. Rising incomes and cheaper transportation. However she believes that good planning, such as reserving land and concentrations on human energy can make big difference in cities urbanization. These carefully planned cities would be a solution for poverty without harming the planet and will make successful cities.  

Introduction

 

 Hi, my name is Seoyoung Lee. I'm majoring in Clothing and double majoring in English Literature. I'm interested in global fashion marketing and merchandising. This is why I am double majoring in English and Clothing.

  I like traveling to different countries. I have been to several places during winter and summer vacations and these trips gave me valuable experiences. One of the most memorable place I traveled is Spain. I went there with my friend and that was the first time I planned everything by myself. Also, it was the first European country that I have visited which inspired me differently from other trips.

  When I have spare time, I like watching action movies, go shopping, and hang out with my friends. I also like reading fashion magazines and I'm planning to read one in English. I think reading books or magazines in English will help me develop my reading skills.

  Being able to read and write well in English will give me lots of advantages in my future career. So by taking this course, I would be able to improve my reading and writing skills.