Tourism in Japan : : An Ethno-Semiotic Analysis / / Arthur Asa Berger.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Berger, Arthur Asa,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Tourism and Cultural Change ; 22
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Foreword --; Preface --; Part 1: Japan as a Tourist Destination --; Chapter 1. Japan as a Tourist Destination: An Analytic Perspective --; Chapter 2. Japan and the Tourism Industry --; Chapter 3. Japan on the Internet --; Part 2: Semiotic Japan --; Chapter 4. Semiotic Japan --; Chapter 5. Tourism and Cultural Change in Japan --; Chapter 6. Coda: A Return to Japan --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781845411350; 9783110754377
• DOI: 10.21832/9781845411350
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Arthur Asa Berger.

This book deals with tourism, popular culture and everyday life in Japan. It offers some interesting statistics about Japanese life and society, discusses popular kinds of tours in Japan, considers images of Japan found in guidebooks about the country, and discusses the pleasures people get from travel in Japan. The book interprets various aspects of Japanese culture and provides an analysis of popular visitor destinations. It is written in an accessible style and thus will be of interest to tourists considering visiting Japan, Japanophiles, social scientists and humanities scholars with interests in Japan, and students taking courses in tourism, Japanese culture, cultural studies and consumer culture.