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This study is to suggest the political alternatives through the analyses of marine tourism master plans out of the central and local government (Busan) plans, which were based on the literature reviews about the two theories of tourist destination- hierarchial place vs organization-, reflecting current situation under marine tourism development nation wide. Then, to accomplish the purpose is to find out future vision of Busan by analyzing the direction and content of tourism-related plans established since 1990s. The results found that visions from most plans suggest the image as a marine city based on marine resources, but most destination not be really developed as plans suggested. Second, the central and local government related to tourism development of Busan repeatedly produced similar but different named outputs depending on repeatability and periodicity of plans after the mid of 1990s. In conclusion, urban space of Busan as a tourist destination should be reevaluated from the viewpoint of the hierarchial place theory. However, physical plans that were oriented to hierarchy and lack of definite contents should accept the lessons from the organizational theory, which a tourist destination is dependent on a life cycle model. Busan must be prepared to the fitness of survival strategy from changing and dynamic tourism markets inside and outside.