| Project/Area Number |
20K20078
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 80020:Tourism studies-related
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| Research Institution | Wakayama University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Keywords | Tourism / Guiding / Heritage / Religion / Pilgrimage / Shugendo / Quality mechanism / Experience tourism / Japan / Tourism in Japan / Pilgrimage tourism / Guiding in tourism |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
The research aim is to study how does the religious background of a guide influences their perceived role during guiding. Results will have important implications for policy makers in small urban centers and regional communities, were Shugendo temples play an important role in tourism development. Both temple leaders and public bodies can further comprehend tourist satisfaction and safety, which is directly connected to quality tour guiding services.
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This project's research achievements were reached successfully, as academic material on religious figures and tourism guiding was published after carrying out fieldwork. Also, information on the challenges related to local tourism development were found, such as lack of expertise, lack of tourism infrastructure and stakeholder coordination, among others. This provided additional data that helped to contextualize the main findings. However, certain limitations were found. Firstly, only was case study was sampled due to time constrains. Secondly, the creation of a new framework proved to be outside the scope due to the severe lack of previous research on the area. Following these limitations, it is recommended that future research expands upon the present research project and addresses these two points.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This study addressed the academic gap on religious figures as visitors guides.. Also, its results are of importance to local tourism stakeholders aiming to promote their heritage, as it touches upon themes related to visitor satisfaction in tourism guiding, and development challenges
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