Japanese Tourism : : Spaces, Places and Structures / / Carolin Funck, Malcolm Cooper.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Funck, Carolin,; Cooper, Malcolm,
• MitwirkendeR: Cooper, Malcolm,; Funck, Carolin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Asia-Pacific Studies: Past and Present ; 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

The changing patterns of Japanese tourism and the views of the Japanese tourist since the Meiji Restoration, in 1868, are given an in-depth historical, geographical, economic and social analysis in this book. As well as providing a case study for the purpose of investigating the changing face of global tourism from the 19th to the 21st Century, this account of Japanese tourism explores both domestic social relations and international geographical, political and economic relations, especially in the northeast Asian context. Socio-cultural and geographical analysis form the research framework for the book, in three ways: first, there is an emphasis on scale as tourism phenomena and their implications are discussed both in a global context and at the national, regional and local levels; second, the discussion is informed by primary data sources such as censuses and surveys; and third, the incorporation of fieldwork and case studies adds concreteness to the overall picture of Japanese tourism. This book is a significant addition to an area of study currently under-represented in the literature.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- 1 Introduction to Japanese Tourism -- 2 The Roots of Japanese Travel Culture -- 3 The Rules of the Game: Policy, Plans and Institutions for Tourism -- 4 Domestic Tourism and its Social Background -- 5 The Travelling Yen -- 6 The Japanese Gaze on the World -- 7 Welcome to Japan -- 8 Multiple Futures for Japan’s Tourism -- 9 Conclusions: Retrospect, Challenges and the Future -- Glossary -- References -- Index