水族館の観覧空間における展示水槽・展示物に対する入館者の観覧行動に関する研究

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A tour-tracing study of aquarium visitors was conducted to explore the relationship between the exhibition tanks (including the exhibits themselves) placed in the observation room of aquariums and the act of observing them. The objective was to obtain some basic information regarding aspects of observation room design such as arrangement and number of exhibition tanks. Specifically: ・We believe that in order to maximize the number of people who can stop to observe in the aquarium, the optimal number of tanks should be limited to is about 30. If the number of tanks exceeds 40, the number of visitors who can stop to observe a tank the individual tanks decreases. ・Although some visitors viewed a single tank for as long as 1 minute, the viewing time for one tank is most commonly 2 to 5 seconds. ・In alcove-type observation rooms, the flow of visitors becomes disorganized and they take shortcuts, particularly when total observation time is short or when the room becomes crowed. And so on.