Analysis of the present situation of utilization of vacant houses for tourism facilities -Study of the use of travel information websites-

Abstract

In recent years, the number of vacant houses in Japan has been increasing rapidly due to the declining population, and the government has been proactively developing measures to solve the problem of vacant houses and providing subsidies to encourage the expansion of vacant house utilization projects. In Japan, there are many cases of utilization of vacant houses for the purpose of "tourism. On the other hand, there are no organized examples of vacant house utilization throughout Japan, and there is a lack of a general understanding of the status of projects that utilize vacant houses as tourist attractions. In this study, we extract facilities that utilize vacant houses from among tourist spots using travel information websites and conduct a basic tabulation to understand the geographical characteristics of the facilities and the actual status of their users. Non-hierarchical cluster analysis was conducted using the use classification of the extracted facilities and the attributes of the facility users to clarify the use status of the facilities for the purpose of sightseeing. The results of these analyses suggest that vacant houses can be used to create new tourism resources.