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It is well recognized that Kangwon and Jeju Province are the most popular tourist attractions in Korea. Both of Kangwon and Jeju Province have chosen tourism service sector which has grown rapidly during the last two decades as a leading and strategic industry, and have fostered the local tourism industry with large financial supports. To compare the tourism industries in both provinces would be expected to provide the basic data for the tourism policy. This paper has two purposes. The first is to suggest the new and simple method to derive a interregional input-output model from the national input-output table. Second, this paper aims to compare the tourism service industries in the two regions on the basis of the regional I-O model and its effects on the interregional economy. Empirical results are summarized as the followings. First imports coefficient, LQ index, and income multiplier in the tourism industry showed the similar magnitude between Kangwon and Jeju Province. Second the predicted value of the final demand in the tourism industry of Kangwon Province is expected to lead to 2,079 billion won in the regional output. 196 billion won in local tax revenue, and 1.9% point increase in financial self-sufficiency, while in the case of Jeju it might result in 8,877 billion won in the regional output, 617 billion won in local tax revenue, and 24.8% point increase in financial self-sufficiency.