Comparative on revival of festivals and process of tourism resources in Japan and Korea

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24611031
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Tourism Studies
• Research Institution: University of East Asia
• Principal Investigator: LEE Yanghee 東亜大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (30545421)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 祭りの観光資源化 / 日韓祭りの比較 / インバウンド観光 / 観光による地域振興 / 観光による地域活性化 / 人口減少による観光への影響 / 観光政策 / 地域政策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was to deepen understanding of creation and revival of festivals in Japan and Korea. The results through field work and literature study are as follows; ①The decline of traditional festivals in Korean is due to the influence by Christianity and modernization of its society; ②In Japan and Korea traditional festivals have become tourism resources; ③The organizer of festivals are mainly government in Korea, and citizens in Japan; ④The traditional culture may lead to increase of inbound tourists of the region; ⑤The festivals can be effective objects in the period of aging society with fewer children.

Free Research Field

観光学