The Tourism Studies
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Print ISSN : 1342-0208
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Volume 29, Issue 2
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  • Tourists’ Preferences Concerning the Typical Experience Structure They Expect of Restaurants in the Region
    ―A Trial Research in Yufuin District, Yufu City, Oita Prefecture―
    Takato YOKOSEKI, Akio SHIMOMURA, Fumi OHTAKE
    2018 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 5-16
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: October 10, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.29.2_5
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    In order to expand tourism in the region, it is necessary to consider not only the problems encountered by each individual operator, but also the issues to be resolved in the region as a whole (industry and community). The purpose of this research is to clarify tourists’ preferences concerning the typical experience structure they expect of restaurants in the region, and to discover opportunities, based on this research, for industrial collaboration in regional revitalization through sightseeing. The resulting typical experience structure for regional restaurants included five concepts: “production location,” “producer,” “indoor,” “outdoor,” and “settlement,” according to the relationship between tourists, food, and stores. The questionnaire results that emerged based on these concepts revealed that a combination of “outdoor” and “production location” is involved when tourists’ awareness of “settlement” is improved.
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  • Establishment of Kataribe-Guides and Their Activities at Remnants of the Great East Japan Earthquake
    Ryo NISHISAKA, Katsunori FURUYA
    2018 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 17-28
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: October 10, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.29.2_17
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    “Kataribe-Guides” bring visitors to remnants of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and give a tour by sharing their own experience and key learning from the disaster. Two local residents, who work as “Kataribe-Guides” at the remnants of earthquake in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, have been studied as a subject in this research. Interviews were conducted with the subjects, and 49 texts have been obtained regarding the establishment and the progress of their activities. The texts have been analyzed by Steps for Coding and Theorization (SCAT). Following the SCAT procedure, descriptions of the has been extracted regarding “establishment and activities of Kataribe-Guides”, “issues Kataribe-Guides face”, and “the development potential of Kataribe-Guides’ activities”. And seven factors have been collated as “further investigation”.
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  • Visitor Movement Patterns in the Context of Community Cycle System for Holiday Use
    ―A Case Study in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture―
    Keita NISHIMURA, Koun SUGIMOTO, Toshio KIKUCHI
    2018 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 29-42
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: October 10, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.29.2_29
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    It is important for understanding the visitor movement patterns to develop planning for tourist destination. This study clarified visitor movement patterns in the context of CCS use in Kawagoe city, Saitama prefecture, Japan, which was based on surveys using GPS loggers and questionnaires. Raster computation of two types of kernel density based on GPS logs with high or low speed revealed the difference of time and space which visitors walk or use CCS. Cluster analysis of six behavioral indicators classified visitor movement patterns to three clusters. In addition, results revealed that CCS users tended to visit more tourist attractions than non-CCS users and to stop by attractions in a short time.
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  • Future Prospects of the Underwater Cultural Heritage by Researching of its Distribution and Usage Status
    Takahide TERAKUCHI, Shin-ichi SAKURAI
    2018 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 43-51
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: October 10, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.29.2_43
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    Underwater cultural heritage sites have the potential to become a resource of tourism if it would be used for scuba diving. This article mentions about the distribution and usage status of underwater cultural heritage. The author researched diving shops and the Board of Education which are the administer of cultural heritage in Japan from Sep 2012 to Feb 2013. As a result, the author found 569 underwater cultural heritage sites and 29 diving spots which have been used for tourism resources. However, the author proved underwater cultural heritage sites have some problems. There are many place still not in use or just left without protection, and some divers would inflict damage to it when they visit the location.
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  • The Empirical Relationship among Tourism Growth, Tourism Specialization, and Poverty Reduction
    Hanlin XU
    2018 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 53-62
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: October 10, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.29.2_53
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    Tourism development has been considered as a strategy to reduce the level of poverty in many developing countries. However, only few studies have analyzed the relationship between tourism growth and poverty alleviation. Therefore, this paper attempts to analyze the tourism-poverty nexus by using the data of 66 countries from 1995 to 2012. Tourism growth is used as an economic indicator to analyze the poverty-tourism nexus correlation. The estimated results suggest that 1) tourism has a significant effect on poverty reduction. 2) The poverty reduction effect of tourism decreases with an increase level of country’s tourism specialization. Thus, in order to achieve the goal of pro-poor tourism, tourism specialization level should be considered. Specifically, tourism sector should cooperate with other industries and develop appropriately.
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  • Characteristics of Recognitions of Benefits and Burdens for Hot Spring Area by Spa Users
    ―Based on a Trial Questionnaire Survey Targeting Spa Users in Yufuin Onsen―
    Takato YOKOSEKI
    2018 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 63-74
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: October 10, 2018
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.29.2_63
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    This study aimed to analyze the benefits and burdens sought in hot spring areas and to find out the relevant characteristics of recognitions of spa users. The target was the spa users in Yufuin Onsen. We attempted to obtain data through a questionnaire-based survey, and we were able to collect completed survey forms from 293 spa users. As per their motives for tourism, spa users could be classified into 2 types. Additionally, as a result of analyzing the users’ spending attitudes, we found further differences in those 2 types. In other words, the spa users were divided into 4 types. When spa users gain benefits not only in the spa but also in the hot spring area around the spa, they tend to get persuaded to additional burdens.
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