Abstract
This paper aims to examine the application range and problems of J. Urry’ s The Tourist Gaze 3.0 in the context of today’s Japanese industrial heritage tourism.
Firstly, the decline of secondary industries and the rise of tertiary industries in Britain are the background of Urry’s research. For that reason, the first edition of The Tourist Gaze analyzed many cases of industrial remains redesigned as heritage sites. However, as 20 years have passed since the appearance of the first edition, the situation around the industrial heritage sites has changed completely. In spite of the introduction of new ideas such as ‘tourism reflexivity’, it is hard to say the case studies are updated sufficiently.
Thus, this study examines the possibility and problems of new ideas in The Tourist Gaze 3.0 by analyzing the case study of Gunkan-jima, which was granted World Heritage Site status in 2015.
