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Ulsan whale festival is well-known for an unique regional festival as using the history of whaling in Jangsaengpo where was the center of whaling industry in S. Korea. However the festival has not shown good results expected recently. We may point out many reasons for that, but this study pays attention to the conflict among stakeholders of the festival. Ulsan whale festival has such programs watching a dolphin show, trying whale meat temporarily. Those things are reasons of the conflict, between pros and cons of the protecting whales over the festival. Unfortunately, the conflict has not controlled effectively and drives down the performance of the festival. Therefore, the festival need to have conflict solutions to achieve results. This study goes deep into the reasons of the conflict, and suggests the conflict management method for being a eco-friendly festival. This study adopts qualitative method, and can be an reference for empirical and further study.