2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Towards Constructing Models for Alleviating Income Inequality through Tourism Development: Comparative Analysis on Social Changes in Cairns and Guam
| Project/Area Number |
26870653
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Area studies
Tourism Studies
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| Research Institution | Kanda University of International Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | オーストラリア / グアム / 観光 / 開発 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research attempted to analyse tourism development in Cairns (Australia) and Guam (USA) comparatively, in order to examine models that alleviate income inequality among local citizens. As a result of the series of field research in Australia and Guam, the author found out that citizens' participation to the development scheme plays a key role in alleviating income inequality. Tourism development is a last-resort for the revitalisation of local economy. There are cases that tourism development opens up a pathway for the mining development and absorb redundant labour force with each other, if the region is blessed with natural mineral resources.
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| Free Research Field |
地域研究、社会学
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