2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Religious Studies on the Relationship Between the Use of Religious Resources for tourism and an Assignment a World Heritage listed site
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21520065
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Religious studies
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KIMURA Katsuhiko 長崎国際大学, 大学院・人間社会学部, 教授 (10195357)
MATSUI Keisuke 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 准教授 (60302353)
ASAKAWA Yasuhiro 埼玉県立大学, 保健医療福祉学部, 講師 (90513200)
MORI Goro 國學院大學, 研究開発推進機構, 助教 (10445463)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 宗教 / ツーリズム / 世界遺産 / 巡礼 / 商品化 |
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| Research Abstract |
In those areas involved in making a great effort to gain an assignment as a World Heritage listed site, the tendency to utilize religion as a resource of tourism has been highly recognizable. This is partly because concerned local governments and tourism industries are eager to do so, but also some religious bodies have used these opportunities to display their religious messages to tourists. However, how they see tourism depends on the position of religion taken in the context of the region. In Kumano's case Shinto has a very positive position with tourism, because Shinto is dominant in the region. On the contrary, local Catholic churches and believers are very suspicious of tourists from outside, because Christianity in Nagasaki was once severely persecuted and there is still prejudice against it among local people. In some area where people are very active with getting an assignment as a World Heritage listed site, those activities contribute to the strength of their local identity because of their becoming aware of their religious tradition and history.
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