2012 Volume 68 Issue 5 Pages I_349-I_361
Most tourist depends on the vehicle to make a tour around in local region since public transport service is not developed well in these region. In order to try to improve local tourism as one of regional economic growth policy, It is effective to improve the traffic condition from metropolitan area to local region or among regional sightseeing area by road network development. On the other hands, most tourism statistics have focused on the survey of national or prefectural trend in Japan. Although tourism industry is assumed one of major industries in most municipalities, this statistical limitation makes difficult to make a strategic plan for local tourism growth based on the quantitative analysis.
In this paper, we estimate the value added of tourism industry on each municipalities to understand the current regional tourism condition, and apply the Spatial Computable General Equilibrium model to analyze the production change on tourism industry by road network development. And finally, we propose some effective information to make a strategic plan for local tourism growth.
