The Tourism Studies
Online ISSN : 2189-7530
Print ISSN : 1342-0208
ISSN-L : 1342-0208
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Volume 27, Issue 2
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  • Practice and Consideration of the Uninhabited Island and its Surrounding Area for the Tourism Promotion
    At Uninhabited Island ‘Ogura Island’ of Toba City, Mie Prefecture
    Tatsuya SATO
    2016 Volume 27 Issue 2 Pages 49-57
    Published: 2016
    Released on J-STAGE: December 01, 2016
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.27.2_49
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    In Japan, a nation which is made by unions of isolated islands, proactive use of marine resources is essential. Japanese cultural diversity has been formed with rich and varied nature, and the ocean has been utilized in a variety of ways in regional cultures. However, use of such resources now decreases, and even uninhabited island that are featured in the media as attractive places are being utilized less than about 1%. Therefore, we focused on tourism as a comprehensive industry, and attempted to plan and put the program in Ogura island which is an uninhabited island of Mie prefecture. As a result of our survey from January 2012 to August 2014, we saw that proactive utilization of local resources for tourism provides one of the ways to comprehensive management of the ocean. And that influences on not only local people but also participants of the tour. The result suggested utility value of uninhabited island.
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  • Regional Development of Voluntary Tour Guide Activities in Tokushima City
    Takumi ISONO
    2016 Volume 27 Issue 2 Pages 59-70
    Published: 2016
    Released on J-STAGE: December 01, 2016
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.27.2_59
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    This study clarified the process of development of voluntary tour guide activities in Tokushima City by analyzing the conditions under which the activities are developed and the knowledge acquisition process of tour guides. Tour guides have acquired the knowledge of tourism resources through organizational learning opportunities. Recently, some local resources regarding civic life have been regarded as tourism resources. Tour guides work by incorporating their time-tested livelihood culture and experiences into their activities. Such creation of tourism resources using wisdom from life experiences brings a different perspective on new knowledge creation to urban tourism.
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