Abstract
In traditional tourist destinations, cooperation between government, tourism-related organizations and private sectors through local projects is considered to be important for tourism revival. The purpose of this research is to analyze cooperation between mass and new tourism in tourism-based community development of Beppu, Noboribetsu and Atami. The results of the analysis shows that the policy and venue for cooperation in tourism-based community development, support for start-ups, existences of artists and focus on regional problems could be factors to promote cooperation while separation of divisions could be hindering factors for cooperation.
