The Tourism Studies

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Political Implication of Crematory Tourism through International Relations

Yuri MIYAZAKI

2016 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 35-43
Published: 2016
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2017

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.28.2_35

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Nepal has a crematory tourist spot in Pashupatinath temple, which is a Hindu famous temple and listed as world cultural heritage. The aim of this article is to answer why the crematory spot was also used as tourism attraction? To begin with, the article will point out the limitation of the preceding concept: Tourist Gaze. The concept cannot explain the reason why a certain area is formed as a tourist spot, as it only explains the condition of being a tourist spot. Afterwards, this article will focus on international relations aspect, especially Nepalese diplomacy analyzed with Soft Power theory. The article concludes that forming a crematory tourist spot is a measure for Nepal to perform diplomacy to India and international society.

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Human Development Process of The Leader in Tourism-Based Community Development

－Beppu Hattou Onpaku Leaders as the Research Target－

Takuro IDE

2016 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 45-56
Published: 2016
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2017

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.28.2_45

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This study clarifies the human development process of Beppu Hattou Onpaku leaders in tourism-based community development. In this study, semi-structured interviews were conducted for two leaders as well as one follower and their responses were analyzed using the life story method. The results reveal the human development process followed by Beppu Hattou Onpaku leaders and three factors that influence this process; the factors are (1) Culture shock, (2) Seniors of Beppu, and (3) International relations. The preconditions are that these development factors act effectively to challenge a new thing in the face of a risk and learning from experience. The leader development process and its factors that this study revealed are stages of these hypotheses. These hypotheses require further verification.

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A Study of Good Place to Work in Ryokan

－From the Voice of the Service Staff of Ikaho Ryokan Hotel Tenbo－

Tomihiko OHNO

2016 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 57-67
Published: 2016
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2017

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.28.2_57

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Guests experience a lot of things at Ryokan such as the Japanese style room, Japanese cuisine, hot springs, etc. They have influence over the customer satisfaction and the quality of service staff as well. In this study, we focus the service staff and show a practical implication through a consideration of good place to work (friendly working place and decent work). From the voice of the service staff of Ikaho Ryokan Hotel Tenbo, we suggest the importance of internal communication: a more open communication in the vertical & horizontal relation of organization and support system to develop working environment for the growth of the service staff. We believe that Ryokan will achieve a certain amount of growth through these two points in the future.

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The Management System of Fishing Activities for Experiential Tourism in Munhang Namhae Island, Korea

Okhee JUNG

2016 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 69-79
Published: 2016
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2017

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.28.2_69

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This research aims at clarifying the existing situation and the effect of residents’ participation in the operation of rural tourism project run by community, based on interview survey of the residents. Munhang was an experience destination established in 2002. As Munhang is on a tidal flat, the main experiential activities are clam digging, fishing, etc. The experience destination committee requests residents’ participation as agriculture and fisheries activities, parking management, and instructors for the project, and distributes a part of the business profits to all participating households. The project serves as community enterprise of Munhang. Now the experience based program is only clam digging in the summer, so development of various tourism businesses in which the residents’ can participate, is suggested.

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A Study on Characteristics of City Walk Tourism Organizations and Individual Trait and Consciousness of Guides Considering of Their Age

Chiaki AKUTSU, Akira SOSHIRODA, Takashi TSUTSUMI

2016 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 81-92
Published: 2016
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2017

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.28.2_81

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This paper aims to clarify the features of city walk tourism organizations and individual trait and consciousness of guides. The conclusions are as follows. 1) By the hearing survey to the 115 local government, 168 organizations are obtained. 2) From the questionnaire survey to those organizations, these were found that approximately half of all the guides are 60-79 years old men, and “young guides (under 60 years old)” are account for only 20% of all guides. 3) 81 organizations are classified into 3 types by the number of guides, the population density of the area, etc. 4) Among the 3 types, type II: which gets many tourists and has been operated by the guides has the highest “young guides” ratio. 5) From the personal questionnaire survey, most of all guides join to the organization to satisfy their desire to learn their own city.

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Management Projects for Rural Areas that are Expected by Their Tourists

Takato YOKOSEKI, Akio SHIMOMURA, Hiroki SAKURAI

2016 Volume 28 Issue 2 Pages 93-103
Published: 2016
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2017

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.28.2_93

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In the discussion of cooperative funding, there are separate issues and problems as well as common points between the rural and mountain areas. The purpose of this study is to explore the viewpoints regarding the use of cooperative funding to rural areas and to clarify the characteristics of the contents of management projects for rural areas that are expected by their tourists; the study’s subjects are tourists who have visited Yufuin. This study was conducted using the implementation results of a questionnaire survey in Yufuin on the conceptual framework of the management project surrounding the tourists. The results show that this is a useful conceptual framework through which to discuss cooperative funding. The results also indicate that it is important to focus on the tourists’ recognition of resources and to include comprehensive viewpoints from residents in the discussion of cooperative funding.

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