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Confronting difficult past: Dark Tourism development in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20H04435
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 80020:Tourism studies-related
Research InstitutionWakayama University

Principal Investigator

Sharpley Richard  和歌山大学, 国際観光学研究センター, 客員教授 (60863082)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 加藤 久美  和歌山大学, 観光学部, 教授 (30511365)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥9,750,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,250,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Keywords負の遺産 / ダークツーリズム / 地域コミュニティ / 記憶の継承 / 倫理 / コミュニティ / 文化遺産
Outline of Research at the Start

This study aims to explore the potential to achieve peace and understanding through dark tourism sites in Japan. Specifically, through an analysis of the representation/interpretation of dark or difficult pasts/events and, where appropriate, visitors’ experiences, it will identify the extent to which peace, respect and mutual understanding is or may be encouraged through tourism. In so doing, the study also explicitly seeks to contribute to a fundamental objective of Japan’s Tourism Nation Basic Promotion Plan, namely, the ‘enhancement of mutual international understanding’.

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2022-04-19  

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