New tourism on Japanese islands: an analysis of the sustainability of tourism development

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26360065
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Tourism Studies
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: Funck Carolin 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 教授 (70271400)
• Research Collaborator: Adewumi Ifeoluwa Bolanle 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 院生
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 持続可能な観光 / 地域振興 / 島 / 日本

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has shown that tourism development impacts islands not one-directionally. Rather, islands social and environmental conditions affect the way tourism develops and innovates in many ways, thus creating different development paths on each island. Furthermore, it became apparent that relations between actors from outside the islands, like administration, tourism industry or immigrants from other areas, and local stakeholders play a key role when aiming for sustainable tourism development. Therefore, indicators for the evaluation of sustainability need to be adjusted for each island and the connection between “inside” and “outside also needs to be considered.

Free Research Field

人文地理学