Analysis on change of visitors before and after the open of high speed rail using mobile spatial statistics

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The number of visitors at cities along railway line such as Kanazawa City and Toyama City has been increasing since high speed rail named "Hokuriku Shinkansen" stretched to Kanazawa in March, 2015. In this study, the effect of opening the high speed rail such as change of the number, personal attributes and the place to visit of visitors who live in the place far from Kanazawa and Toyama City where are target cities were analyzed using big date of population, mobile spatial statistics. As the results, visitors coming from region along the rail have been increasing compared to before opening and they visited around the Shinkansen stations or famous tourist spots. Furthermore, the factors in places where the visitors visit in Kanazawa city was analyzed with multiple regression analysis. These results suggested that the number of visitors have been increased but visitors of one-day trip increased because they can return home easier than before.