2018 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Post-disaster Destination Image: Marketing, Communication and Sustainable Recovery
| Project/Area Number |
17K12629
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
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Principal Investigator |
BUI ThanhHuong 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 准教授 (80711556)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
筒井 久美子 立命館アジア太平洋大学, 教育開発・学修支援センター, 准教授 (30352397)
上原 優子 立命館アジア太平洋大学, 国際経営学部, 准教授 (30711478)
MAHICHI Faezeh 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 准教授 (90584087)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | socio-ecological system / community resilience / diversified livelihood / post-disaster recovery / demographic transition / migration / sustainability / destination relience |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
(1)Fieldwork conducted in Kesennuma, Sendai, Ishinomaki, Onagawa and Kumamoto in 2018. (2)Workshops: Researchers participated in two workshops related to social research on disaster prevention and impact mitigation in Tohoku University. (3) Conducted library research using special library related to Mar. 11 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of Tohoku university; (4)Training workshop: Research team organized a workshop on publishing in high impact English journals.(5)Presented research at two international conferences in Europe and Vietnam.(6)Published one paper in an international journal (Tourism Analysis) on the topic of the relationship between travel and migration, where data from regional migration and disaster-led migration were discussed.(7)Submitted two papers (under review) to Journal of Sustainable Tourism and Tourism Geographies, where theory of destination resilience and methods for building resilient communities were developed. (8) Carry on strategic analysis to advise local community on direction of tourism development.(9) Organized an international workshop and invited a famous professor in tourism research with Google citation of 11.000 to lecture at APU about on the topic "Publish or Perish: An Incremental approach to Getting Published on High Tier International Journals". The workshop attracted great number of researchers from other institutions as well as faculty and students of APU.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research team has identified principal theories which have potential to contribute significantly to tourism research literature. The resilience theory and socio-ecological system approach to study disaster-affected destinations have been well advocated in tourism studies. Furthermore, the research team also identified the linkages between human migration in and out of disaster-affected area. Findings on demographic change and migration from this study set a new research direction to focus on the human-nature relationship in post-disaster recovery. The human-nature interconnectedness will furthered be developed in another paper.
In the course this year, the research team has successfully invited a world-renowned researcher on sustainable tourism, Professor David Weaver, formerly affiliated with Griffith University (Australia), to mentor research activities and to assist with publication of research outcomes in top journals. The team has submitted two papers to top journals for review.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In AY 2019, the research team plans to conduct the following activities:
(1)Organize an international workshop on tourism destination resilience and invite an international expert, Prof. Alan Lew, of Northern Arizona University (USA) to APU to deliver a lecture on his new theory of Time and Space of Tourism Destination Resilience; (2)Organize an international workshop in publishing on top journals delivered by the Editor-in-chief of Tourism Geographies for faculty and graduate students, in addition on training the research team for publishing; (3)Organize a seminar with the Tourism and Convention Center of Kesennuma City to present on a solution to utilize Tourism as a strategy to recover. The Seminar is a result of two years research with analytical framework and results of fieldwork to offer local community a direction for further development of tourism products. (4)Present research findings at two international conferences scheduled in July 2019 and Mar. 2020; (5)Present research findings as a Keynote Speaker at a international conference on Sustainable Niche Tourism in Da Nang, Vietnam, Jun. 2019; (6)Continue to analyze data and write at least two papers for publication.
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| Causes of Carryover |
This is very small amount of money to be carried on to the next fiscal year.
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Research Products
(3 results)
