Abstract
In this paper, a questionnaire survey for tourists is conducted with the aim of extracting components of historical streets that indicate tourist utilities in the three Koedo cities (Kawagoe, Tochigi, Sawara) in Japan. Based on the survey results, items and elements which explain the value of historical streets are defined, and a comprehensive evaluation index which is calculated with the weighted average of elements and a decision method of the weights among elements through try and error estimation of the model that uses score of the index as one of explanatory variables are proposed. As results of simulation for redevelopment of historical streets in Tochigi by the tourist destination choice model, it is suggested that it is possible to increase the index score and improve the choice probability for tourist destinations by a combination of automobile traffic reduction and an increase in the rate of stone paving on walkways.
