抄録
This study examines whether inbound tourist-focused destination management in Japan leads to regional revitalization, specifically the retention of young women and the expansion of local economies. The analysis makes use of government statistics on prefecture-specific population by gender and age, and, as reliable tourism statistics, length of stay, room occupancy rate, number of workers in the lodging and dining industry, sales and added value, net production value, and minimum wage. It was found that the wage gap between urban and local areas is strongly correlated with the population decline (outflow) of young women, agglomeration of the tourism industry is strongly correlated with the expansion of employment in local areas, and added value from the tourism industry is strongly correlated with labor productivity. These findings suggest that destination management and increasing added value and the length of stays may create employment in local areas and may curb decline （outflow） in population, including young women, by reducing the wage gap through enhancement of labor productivity.
