2016 Volume 35 Issue Special_Issue Pages 327-332
In recent years, Green tourism (GT) has been facing difficulties in its sustainability. A reorganization of a management system of GT is one of the crucial issues. This study aims to reveal the characteristics of leading organizations of the management system by social network analysis. A survey was conducted in “Takuminosato” (a village of artisans) in Niiharu district, Gunma Prefecture. As a result, (1) nine organizations identified as leading subjects, (2) there were 207 connections in all organizations, and the connections were classified into four categories, (3) the characteristics of the leading nine organizations depended on the value of a betweenness centrality and a degree centrality. The results will contribute to formulating a plan of reorganization in “Takuminosato”.
