Yunseon Choe

Yunseon Choe is an assistant professor in the School of Community Resources and Development with HNU-ASU International College of Tourism. In the context of the growing pressure placed on nature by increased tourism, her main research considers the role of people and parks in attaining sustainable tourism development in the context of parks and tourism destinations and how the sustainability of park and tourism management may be informed through advanced methodologies and stakeholder engagement.

Her research theme is sustainability within the nexus of people, parks, and tourism, with a methodological emphasis on transferring U.S. models to various settings in Asia. Her work, achieved through testing and applying new research methods in both qualitative and quantitative approaches in domestic and international settings, sits at the intersection of multiple research strands, while utilizing recent technological advances to establish better management strategies for sustainability and enhancing visitor experiences. Along these lines, she seeks to understand the role that the natural world plays in defining human behavior as well as people’s values and actions associated with its management and protection.