多角的資源利用と農村経済の持続性

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This paper evaluated diversified rural tourism activities from the perspectives of economic viability and endogenous utilization of rural resources and investigated labour productivity. First, we presented a conceptual framework on how to evaluate economic viability and the endogenous mobilization of rural resources. Second, we empirically evaluated economic viability, the supply shift effect of endogenous utilization of rural resources and the labour productivities of rural tourism. The main findings are as follows. First, examination of the three main activities, i. e. accommodation, restaurants and direct selling of farm products, showed that both full-time and part time labour input contribute to better sales, which means that these activities are viable whereas other activities that provide farming experience services did not yet clearly show evidence of a viable farm business. Third, we could not confirm the supply shift effect of endogenous innovative rural resource use, Overall, it was evaluated that rural tourism in this county is under supplied at a social optimal level. In the long run, institutional conditions for market formation and management skills for endogenous innovation in utilization of rural resources should be more intensely developed as a part of rural resource management policy.