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Tourism safety is more and more important these days, because the world tourism industry is experiencing a lot of crises and disaster. but there is not enough studies of tourism safety threatening factors. The purpose of this study is to analyze the perception difference between Korean and foreign tourists about tourism safety threatening factors, national image, and destination switching intention. The survey was conducted on Korean and foreign tourists over the age of twenty from 2014 November 1 to 2015 March 1. After excluding incomplete responses a total of 442 usable questionnaires were collected and used for analysis. The collected data was processed by SPSS for windows, after data coding. As a strategy for Korean tourists, they proposed strengthening the tourism safety system, strengthening the payment system security, improving the tourism environment, and providing tourism information using mobile phone apps. As a strategy for foreign tourists, we improved the relationship with North Korea, expanded the tourism police system, and offered mobile phone medical support services.