CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURIST OBJECTS IN PROVINCIAL CITY : Case study in Kitakyushu

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the tourist objects in provincial city by using Hayashi Quantification Theory. Result is as follows ; (1) Tourist objects are classified into seven typical groups which are group of 1) amusement, 2) history, 3) culture and sport, 4) waterfront, 5) green, 6) industry and 7) event. (2) Task to enrich tourist objects is to make efficient use of natural resources, equipment for industry and urban infrastructure, to link with reorganization of urban space as changes of industrial structure, to revaluate historic resources and make a network of them. Then above all, it is necessary to expand amusement type with natural resources.