2012 年 17 巻 p. 101-108
May 16, 2009 Japan's first domestic case of infection of Swine origin Influenza A/H1N1 was confirmed in Kobe. The important indirect effect to economic activities occurred such as a sharp decrease of the number of tourists. The aim of this paper is to examine a recovery process of the number of tourists and social responses. The first step of this paper investigates interrelationship among a decrease and recovery of the number of tourists and newspapers coverage. The second step is to analyze the countermeasure of free admission to tourist facilities in Kobe City.
