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Improving tourists' disaster preparedness: An empirical study to refine risk communication in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19F19766
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section外国
Review Section Basic Section 80020:Tourism studies-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

CRUZ Ana・Maria  京都大学, 防災研究所, 教授 (30741459)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) ALIPERTI GIUSEPPE  京都大学, 防災研究所, 外国人特別研究員
Project Period (FY) 2019-11-08 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Keywordstourists / risk communication / built-for-disaster-app / planned behavior / disaster preparedness / risk perception / tourism suppliers / message framing theory / information seeking / mobile applications
Outline of Research at the Start

Tourists are often found to be inadequately informed about hazards and warning systems, and the risk those hazards pose. This lack of knowledge/awareness is linked to the fact that providing this information to tourists may strongly influence their risk perception and tourism suppliers fear that it would undermine their business. Research on such topic is requested by the literature and currently limited worldwide. This study aims to investigate effective strategies to deliver risk and disaster preparedness information to tourists.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

Achievements of the research included a scientific article focused on the promotion and use of tourist oriented built for disaster purpose mobile applications published in the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The COVID-19 outbreak partially influenced the research activities as we focused on the pandemic and tourists. Thus, another paper, entitled “From epidemics to pandemic: Research suggestions to support tourism-destinations” was submitted to the Journal Tourism Management Perspectives, and has been accepted for publication. Furthermore, two conference papers “Planning holidays during a pandemic: A study on tourist planned behavior,” and “The Role of Foreign Employees in Disaster Risk Communication: The Case of Japanese Ryokan Accommodation” were published in Proceedings of the Japan Society for Tourism Studies, 2020. Another paper, “Post pandemic cross generational travel intentions” is currently under review in Annals of Tourism Research.

Research Progress Status

翌年度、交付申請を辞退するため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

翌年度、交付申請を辞退するため、記入しない。

Report

(2 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2020

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Promoting built-for-disaster-purpose mobile applications: An interdisciplinary literature review to increase their penetration rate among tourists2020

    • Author(s)
      Aliperti Giuseppe、Cruz Ana Maria
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management

      Volume: 44 Pages: 193-210

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jhtm.2020.06.006

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Planning holidays during a pandemic: A study on tourist planned behaviour2020

    • Author(s)
      Aliperti Giuseppe、Cruz Ana Maria
    • Journal Title

      Research Proceedings of Japan Society for Tourism Studies

      Volume: 1 Pages: 26-27

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The role of foreign employees in disaster risk communication: The case of Japanese ryokan accommodation2020

    • Author(s)
      Nagai, H.; Saito, H.; Aliperti, G.; Ritchie, B.
    • Journal Title

      Research Proceedings of Japan Society for Tourism Studies

      Volume: 1 Pages: 32-33

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access

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Published: 2019-11-29   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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