The Tourism Studies

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Analysis of Behavior of Tourists and Estimation of Economic Value on Tourist Season of Taisetsu Furano Scenic Byway Route

Masahiro TAHIRA, Hideyuki ITO, Takahiro FUJII

2020 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 5-13
Published: 2020
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2020

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.31.2_5

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Scenic byway has been introduced officially in Hokkaido, Japan since 2005 based on American scenic byway sys-tem and then 13 main routes and 2 proposed routes have been designated. In this research, tourist activity on Taisetsu Furano scenic byway route which has introduced in Japan for the first time was analyzed and also estimated the economic effect on tourist season using travel cost method. As the result, it was revealed that the excursion range of tourists expanded widely by introducing scenic byway system and then the economic effect was evaluated at 341,300 million yen due to increase of consumer surplus per person.

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Concept of “Tabe-aruki” and the Generation Factor of its Bisection

Hiyori KOIZUMI, Takato YOKOSEKI

2020 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 15-24
Published: 2020
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2020

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.31.2_15

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the concept of “Tabe-aruki”. The word “Tabe-aruki” has two meanings. That is, to we eating food around there, and to we eating while walking with food. When a newspaper article was used to examine the period when such a concept was bifurcated, it was possible to find a representative in 1985. In addition, the concept of “Tabe-aruki” as tourism was considered to be composed of “people”, “food”, “stores”, “regions”, “passages for moving”, and “passages for rest”. Furthermore, this study also considered the applicational significance of the concept of “Tabe-aruki”.

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Analysis of Requirements and Challenges of Internship Program for Regional Revitalization

Review of the Internship Program in Tourism Industry

Chima TANAKA

2020 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 25-36
Published: 2020
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2020

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.31.2_25

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The national government has been putting efforts in regional revitalization. The core of regional revitalization lies in the need to promote community and human resource development. Universities can potentially play a role in raising students’ interest in regional areas by effectively implementing regional revitalization internships. However, in the current competitive environment, this paper reviews whether the use of Regional Revitalization Internship can effectively achieve regional revitalization. I examine the data from a three-year regional human resource development program undertaken in conjunction with the City of Takayama Tourism operators and discuss the requirements and challenges of using internship programs as a method of achieving regional revitalization.

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Economic Factors About Sighting Demand of Chinese Tourist Visiting Japan

Focus on Income Elasticity

Kanekiyo MORITA

2020 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 37-46
Published: 2020
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2020

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.31.2_37

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This study considers the economic factors from the viewpoint of the characteristics of the tourism consumption behavior, how the Chinese visiting tourism demand will fluctuate in the future and especially considering the feature of the Chinese's sightseeing consumption behavior focusing on the angle of the income elasticity of tax revenue and make the economic factor which influences a fluctuation of visit to Japan sightseeing demand clear. Through comparison with the income elasticity of whole private foreign voyage and domestic tourism in China, this research got the conclusion that the visit to Japan budget per the once of the Chinese tourist is often fixed on the dimension of the constant sum by Chinese Yuan as a result of the consideration.

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Effective Use of Dome Images and HMD Images in Virtual Tourism

Compare Impressions of a Dome Image and a HMD Image Edited from One Original Image

Kaori OIDA, Haruka NAKATSUJI, Chiharu KAWANO, Masami OKYUDO

2020 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 47-57
Published: 2020
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2020

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.31.2_47

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Virtual tourism tools that utilize 360 degree image include dome image and HMD image. It is hypothesized that the viewer’s impression may be different when watching the same scenery on both image. Therefore, when applying both image for tourism strategy, if the impression is different, it is necessary to use it accordingly. In this study, the same video was viewed as both image, and an experiment was conducted to compare the viewers’ impressions using the SD method. It was found that HMD images are more suitable for scenery that emphasizes closeness, and dome images are more suitable for scenery that spreads far away.

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Space and Cherry Blossom Viewing Users of ‘Kawazu Zakura’ (Prunus lannesiana. Wils.) Noted Place at Lower Kawazu River Basin in Izu Peninsula

Natsumi IIDA, Takato YOKOSEKI

2020 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 59-67
Published: 2020
Released on J-STAGE: October 01, 2020

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18979/jitr.31.2_59

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the characteristics of the space and cherry blossom viewing users on the 'Kawazu Zakura' (Prunus lannesiana. Wils.) noted place at lower Kawazu river basin in Izu peninsula. The characteristic of space formation was that the local community advanced while understanding how to interact with the flower tree called 'Kawazu Zakura'. And the characteristic of the user who is looking at the cherry blossom here was keep standing all the way or walk about the there. These actions were pointed out as unusual compared to 'Somei Yoshino' cherry blossom viewing. Based on the above results, this study also considered the way of conservation and creation of the cherry blossom viewing on the 'Kawazu Zakura' noted place.

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