Japanese Popular Culture and Contents Tourism – Introduction

Seaton, Philip; Yamamura, Takayoshi

doi:10.1080/09555803.2014.962564

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“…From the internet, a person can get a lot of information about the heritage, culture and cuisine of some regions; however, it's really hard to get real sensations out of this information. In order to promote local culture, local communities act as a means of promoting interesting and undiscovered destinations and specialties that are worth exploring [14].…”

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Cultural Tourism Behaviors: Enhancing the Influence of Tourists’ Perceptions on Local Thai Food and Culture

Prapasawasdi¹,

Wuttisittikulkij²,

Borompichaichartkul³

et al. 2018

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Background: Tourist behavior plays a principle role in preserving the cultural heritage and supporting the economy of the local community. Local food is a significant factor for tourists and an important cultural aspect distinguishing one country from one another. To understand tourists' food decision making, this study investigates tourists’ perceptions of local food. Methods: A mixed-method methodology used a concurrent transformative strategy. Qualitative research comprised in-depth interviews conducted with 15 local food specialists and 10 tourists; quantitative comprised survey structured questionnaires with a sample of 400 tourists travelling in Chiangmai, Thailand. Findings: The result revealed that tourists’ perceptions comprising attitude, subject norm, perceived value and expectation factors positively affected the perception toward local food information. Regression analysis suggested that the four variables contributed 53.4% to the variation of local food. By employing the standardized coefficients as mentioned, the linear regression model was Y = 0.424A-0.201S+0.428E+0.234P. Conclusion: Four factors affected tourists’ perceptions towards local food as follows: (1) expectation towards local food information via media, (2) attitude of tourists towards local food, (3) perceived value of local food with the benefit, belief and nutrition of local food, and (4) subject norm towards local food; local food experts influence to tourists. All the factors lead tourists to perceive in local food and culture.

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Cultural Tourism Behaviors: Enhancing the Influence of Tourists’ Perceptions on Local Thai Food and Culture

Prapasawasdi¹,

Wuttisittikulkij²,

Borompichaichartkul³

et al. 2018

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“…It boasts four natural and 15 cultural sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, among them the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (UNESCO, 2016). Modern city environments and entertainments are other tourism resources as already observed alongside high technology and expressions of popular culture such as film (Seaton & Yamamura, 2015) and manga and anime (JNTO, 2013), a distinctive Japanese style of comic book and animation. The Hello Kitty phenomenon is a striking example of the cuteness, which characterizes some well-received cultural offerings (Huang, 2011).…”

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Destination Development: Trends in Japan's Inbound Tourism

Henderson¹

2016

Int. J. Tourism Res.

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Japan has seen a marked increase in tourist arrivals since the start of the current decade, and this paper presents a case study of the country as a destination for overseas leisure visitors and recent trends. The factors and forces underlying the upturn are examined to reveal the importance of national conditions in the country as a whole alongside government tourism policy, attractions and amenities, access and mobility and destination marketing. These emerge as key determinants of the destination development process with international conditions also playing a role. Further growth in Japan's inbound tourism is expected in the years leading up to 2020 when it will host the Olympic Games, but the multiple influences at work create some uncertainty about the future as well as new opportunities. While exhibiting distinctive characteristics, the case does afford more general insights into how and why states acquire the heightened popularity attendant on destination development. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…For instance, Seaton and Yamamura (2015) show that the phenomenon of foreign tourists visiting Japanese locations thanks to domestically produced fi lms was made evident in connection with the Chinese hit fi lm "If you are the one", which sparked a Chinese tourism rush to Eastern Hokkaido in 2008.…”

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“…Over the last six years, the number of tourists visiting Japan has almost doubled (from 6 mil- According to Seaton and Yamamura (2015), the Japanese government takes very seriously the tourism promotional strategies targeted at supporting the fi lm-induced tourism in the country. In its own offi cial terms, this type of tourism is called "kontentsu tsurizumu" (translated as the "contents tourism").…”

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Promoting Tourism Destination through Film-Induced Tourism: The Case of Japan

Strielkowski

2017

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Purpose -This paper describes the marketing potential of fi lm-induced tourism in marketing Japan, as a popular tourism destination for non-Asian visitors. In particular, it focuses on the popular culture and on engaging young people from Europe, America, and Australia in discovering and promoting its cultural heritage.Design/Methodology/Approach -The number of Western tourists to Japan rose by 50 % between 2010 and 2015. Many of these tourists are attracted by the fi lms associated with Japan in one way or another. We assume that, even though the majority of incoming tourists in Japan are Chinese visitors, the marketing potential of fi lm-induced tourism in Japan represents a source of untapped potential. One can trace the increase in the popularity of Japan as the tourism destination to a number of new Western fi lms taking place in Japan.Findings and implications -We employ the monthly data on the combined box offi ce revenues of recent fi lms set in Japan, as well as the monthly statistics on the number of visitors from Australia, Europe, and North America. We fi nd causality between the popularity of the fi lms and the number of tourists from the destinations that are mostly impacted by those fi lms.Limitations -The research is limited by the issue of popularity of Western culture and fi lms in Asia. One should Sažetak Svrha -Rad opisuje marketinški potencijal fi lmskog turizma u marketingu Japana kao popularne turističke destinacije za posjetitelje iz neazijskih zemalja. Posebno se usredotočuje na popularnu kulturu i uključivanje mladih ljudi iz Europe, Amerike i Australije u otkrivanje i promoviranje japanske kulturne baštine.Metodološki pristup -Od 2010.-2015. godine u Japanu je broj turista iz zapadnih zemalja porastao za 50%. Mnoge od njih privukli su fi lmovi povezani s Japanom na jedan ili drugi način. Iako su većina turista koji dolaze u Japan kineski posjetitelji, pretpostavlja se da je marketinški potencijal izazvan fi lmskim turizmom u Japanu izvor neviđenoga potencijala. Povećanje popularnosti Japana kao turističke destinacije može se pripisati brojnim novim fi lmovima sa Zapada čija se radnja odvija u Japanu.Rezultati i implikacije -Upotrijebljeni su mjesečni podaci, kombinacija prihoda s box offi ce-a (blagajni) nedavnih fi lmova s radnjom smještenom u Japanu i statistike o broju posjetitelja iz Australije, Europe i Amerike. Pronađena je kauzalnost između popularnosti fi lmova i broja turista iz destinacija koje su najviše pod utjecajem tih fi lmova.Ograničenja -Istraživanje je ograničeno pitanjem popularnosti zapadne kulture i fi lmova u Aziji. Treba imati na umu činjenicu da su samo 3 od 19 milijuna stranih turista koji su posjetili Japan 2015. godine bili su turisti izvan Azije.

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Japanese Popular Culture and Contents Tourism – Introduction

Cited by 48 publications

References 12 publications

Cultural Tourism Behaviors: Enhancing the Influence of Tourists’ Perceptions on Local Thai Food and Culture

Cultural Tourism Behaviors: Enhancing the Influence of Tourists’ Perceptions on Local Thai Food and Culture

Destination Development: Trends in Japan's Inbound Tourism

Promoting Tourism Destination through Film-Induced Tourism: The Case of Japan

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