Tourism Development in Japan: Themes, Issues and Challenges

This book explores the unique trajectory of tourism development in Japan, focusing on promoting domestic and international tourism and competing aggressively in the international incoming tourist market. It examines various strains of Japanese tourism, such as sport, surf, forest, mountain, urban, tea, pilgrimage, and whaling heritage tourism, and its role in confronting difficult pasts and presents.

Format: Hardback
Length: 282 pages
Publication date: 30 October 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This substantial and timely volume delves into the distinct path of tourism development in Japan, marked by a historical emphasis on attracting both domestic and international tourists to Japanese destinations, followed by a more recent strategy of actively competing in the international inbound tourist market.

The initial chapters provide a comprehensive overview of past and present tourism, encompassing policy and research perspectives. Subsequently, thematic perspectives on tourism are explored, along with in-depth examinations of specific contexts and locations where tourism thrives. The book also delves into various strains of Japanese tourism, such as sport, surf, forest, mountain, urban, tea, pilgrimage, and even whaling heritage tourism. Furthermore, it examines the role of tourism in addressing challenging pasts and presents and the challenges facing the development of tourism in contemporary Japan.

A brief postscript outlines some of the challenges and potential future directions tourism in Japan may take in the context of the COVID-19 crisis. Authored by a team of renowned editors and contributors, including academics from Japan, this volume holds immense interest for upper-level students, researchers, and scholars in development studies, cultural studies, geography, and tourism.

Weight: 630g
Dimension: 161 x 241 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367221478