Tourism and Coastal Development in Japan
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Beschreibung
This book explores contemporary tourism and coastal developments in Hyogo, Japan—the nation’s only non-peninsular prefecture bordering two oceans. In striking detail, Dr. Lesley Crowe-Delaney skillfully contextualizes tourism industry and policy; illustrates coastal urban and rural development dichotomies; discusses hegemonic devices of nationalism, nature, authenticity and tradition, as embedded in tourism strategies; and highlights the nuances of Japan’s distinctive administrative systems and specific approaches to tourism. Crowe-Delaney reveals the strains placed on coastal communities when fisheries, tourism, sustainable development, and national policies intersect, offering readers an enlightening discourse of the potency of tourism as a rejuvenation tool.
This book explores contemporary tourism and coastal developments in Hyogo, Japan—the nation’s only non-peninsular prefecture bordering two oceans. In striking detail, Dr. Lesley Crowe-Delaney skillfully contextualizes tourism industry and policy; illustrates coastal urban and rural development dichotomies; discusses hegemonic devices of nationalism, nature, authenticity and tradition, as embedded in tourism strategies; and highlights the nuances of Japan’s distinctive administrative systems and specific approaches to tourism. Crowe-Delaney reveals the strains placed on coastal communities when fisheries, tourism, sustainable development, and national policies intersect, offering readers an enlightening discourse of the potency of tourism as a rejuvenation tool.
Fills the existing gap in interdisciplinary research, data and detailed case studies of Japan through the lens of Human Geography, Tourism and Japanese Studies Examines the sophisticated and historic dimensions of domestic tourism in Japan from the tourism and hospitality perspective Uniquely examines and draws together the big issues concerning the revitalization of rural and regional Japan Offers extensive interviews and other qualitative and quantitative data, together with photographic evidence
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Lesley Crowe-Delaney
Themen in »Tourism and Coastal Development in Japan«
Japanese Studies coastal economies Tourism in Japan Hyogo Prefecture fisheries and coastal development tourism and hospitality minshuku Topophilia Yi Fu Tuan gourmet tourism Snow Crab