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These days the cruise tourism business is changing rapidly. This is due to three factors ; increase of the public's leisure time, increase in disposable income, and a renewed interest in other leisure areas - especially cruising. Meanwhile, the natural tourist potentials are well kept in the Aegean Sea of Jeollanamdo province, which, if its potentials were utilized to its fullest extent possible, would be evaluated as a new successful model in ocean tourist development in the Aegean Sea. Made only of islands, Sinan-Gun, Jeollanamdo is a ria coast of 1,734 kilometer long. With its Korea's largest ecological resources (331㎢) on its field along the shore of an estuary, it is playing the role of gateway to southwestern part of the country. Despite its rich tourism resources, marine tourism goods or cruise tourist business that links the coast and islands to inland tourist resorts have not properly been developed. The main reasons are excessive costs that follows the development of cruise, the uncertain profitability arising from the unclear outlook for demand, and the government's lack of understanding of cruise sightseeing. Accordingly, we will objectively evaluate the location in terms of tourist attractions according to the surroundings of the Aegean shore. In this study we will develop cruise tourist goods for the Aegean Sea, and propose it as an alternative, which should be resolved from the development perspective of Jeollanamdo province.