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Who Expects the Municipalities to Take the Initiative in Tourism Development? Residents' Attitudes of Amami Oshima Island in Japan

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  • Noriko Ishikawa

    (Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University)

  • Mototsugu Fukushige

    (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

Abstract

Regional tourism policies in Japan have been undergoing major structural changes. We investigate the extent to which residents of the Amami Islands expect the municipality to take the initiative in implementing or financing tourism development policies. A binary choice approach is used to model individual survey responses in terms of respondents' socioeconomic characteristics. Residents who expect the municipality to promote tourism and industrial development have a significantly different socioeconomic status. Respondents most likely to expect the municipality to take the lead in policy making include executive officers or employees of a private company, the unemployed, the self-employed, or part-time workers. Government employees are not likely to have this expectation. In terms of the funding authority, the likelihood that a resident expects the municipality to take an industrial development initiative increases as the annual income per resident increases.

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  • Noriko Ishikawa & Mototsugu Fukushige, 2005. "Who Expects the Municipalities to Take the Initiative in Tourism Development? Residents' Attitudes of Amami Oshima Island in Japan," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 05-28, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:osk:wpaper:0528
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    1. Hyunjung Kim & Eun Jung Kim, 2021. "Tourism as a Key for Regional Revitalization?: A Quantitative Evaluation of Tourism Zone Development in Japan," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-24, July.
    2. Makun, Keshmeer & Jayaraman, TK, 2022. "Tourism and Economic Growth in South Asian Countries: Asymmetric Analysis and Lessons for Mitigating the Adverse Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic," MPRA Paper 111377, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Domínguez-Gómez, J. Andrés & González-Gómez, Teresa, 2017. "Analysing stakeholders’ perceptions of golf-course-based tourism: A proposal for developing sustainable tourism projects," Tourism Management, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 135-143.
    4. Magdalena Swart & Gerhard Roodt, 2015. "Market segmentation variables as moderators in the prediction of business tourist retention," Service Business, Springer;Pan-Pacific Business Association, vol. 9(3), pages 491-513, September.

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    Keywords

    Tourism Development; Industrial Development; Residents' Attitudes;
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    JEL classification:

    • O23 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • L83 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism

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