The purpose of this study was to verify whether photographic survey is an effective method for discovering and developing community resources. Twenty participants (6 tourists, 7 domestic emigrants, and 7 local residents) were asked to conduct photographic survey at Kokusai-dōri Street in Okinawa. As a result, 596 photographs were taken. For each photo, the participants were asked via interviews what they photographed and why they photographed it. Accordingly, seventeen categories of reasons classified. Among these reasons, a response that was common among the three participants groups was “particular to Okinawa”. Individual response from each group showed that tourists focused on “novelty” and “localness”, while local residents focused on “daily usage” and emigrants focused on “Okinawa's culture and characteristics”. These results suggest that the photographic survey method was moderately effective in the discovery and development of community resources.
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