| 1. The scale of the sports industry in
Korea The
sports industry, whose volume is estimated at over 7 trillion
won annually, is the one of
the fastest growing industries in 1990s, but because of the
complexity of its subordinate part,
it couldn be as a industry which has an integrated policy.
Sports watching, sports marketing and sports information
providing industries which have
functions like recreation and entertainment are expected to
be future industries that will grow
rapidly with the prospect they will encourage the increase
of indirect consumption of sports.
The manufacturing industry of sporting goods had been expected
to be prospective industry
that would contribute to economic growth by the improvement
of the balance of foreign trade
and the creation of employment, but it has gradually declined.
If we consider the tendency of
the continuous growth of the world market of sporting goods,
it is expected that if we intensively
bring up some particular areas that have competitiveness in
the manufacturing industry of sporting goods, it will contribute
to national economic growth.
Especially, sports facilities has recently been taken notice
of one of the items to be developed
to attract foreign tourists. In 1997, Skiing grounds increased
the revenue of foreign tourism by
amount of 14.2 million won a year.
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