Commons Governance in Wellness Tourism

2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K02102
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Tourism Studies
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Romao Joao 北海道大学, 経済学研究院, 特任講師 (20791015)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
• Keywords: Common Pool Resources / Participatory governance / Community-based planning / Destination Management / Sustainable development / Wellness tourism / Territorial resources

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The project contributed to significant achievements related to the proposed objectives. In particular, it contributed to the definition of strategic guidelines for wellness tourism development based on endogenous resources, with a particular focus on the region of Hokkaido [Romao, Machino, Nijkamp (2018) Integrative diversification of wellness tourism services in rural areas - An operational framework model applied to East Hokkaido (Japan). Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 23(7): 734-746]; and for the analysis, discussion and proposal of a governance model for tourism destinations assuming the communal character of most the tourism resources, including an application to wellness tourism in a specific location of Hokkaido [Romao, Machino, Nijkamp, Mayumi (In press) Destination management and sustainable tourism development through the common lens of the Commons, Region]. An application of Game Theory to the analysis of CPR in tourism is under development.

Free Research Field

Tourism

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

The above mentioned publications contributed to conceptual and theoretical advances, opening opportunities for the development of new research projects involving international collaborations in India, Spain and Sweden (included in new project - grant number 20K12392).