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Author:   Richard Sharpley (University of Central Lancashire, UK) ,  Kumi Kato
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367221478

ISBN 10:   0367221470
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   30 October 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: tourism in Japan – from the past to the present; 2 Tourism research on Japan – overview of major trends: Japanese and English-language materials; 3 Urban development and tourism in Japanese cities; 4 Transition of forest tourism policies in Japanese national forest management; 5 A systematic review of sport tourism research in Japan; 6 Mobilizing stoke: a genealogy of surf tourism development in Miyazaki, Japan; 7 Japan’s mountain tourism at a crossroads: insights from the North Japan Alps; 8 International exchange in tea tourism: reconceptualizing Japanese green tourism for sustainable farming communities; 9 Pilgrimage tourism in regional communities: the case of Tanabe City and Kumano Kodo; 10 Confronting difficult pasts: the case of ‘kamikaze’ tourism; 11 Whaling heritage and tourism development – ‘sliced, diced and boiled down’; 12 Debating sustainability in tourism development: resilience, traditional knowledge and community: a post-disaster perspective; 13 International tourists in Japan: their increasing numbers and vulnerability to natural hazards; 14 The expansion of peer-to-peer accommodation rentals in Japan: issues and challenges; Postscript

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Richard Sharpley is Professor of Tourism and Development at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK, and Distinguished Professor in the Center for Tourism Research at Wakayama University, Japan. Kumi Kato is a professor at the Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University, Japan. She currently chairs a committee for sustainable tourism at the Japan Tourism Agency.

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