Bookstore

This book explores contemporary tourism and coastal developments in Hyogo, Japan-the nation's only non-peninsular prefecture bordering two oceans. In striking detail, Dr. Lesley Crowe-Delaney skillfully contextualizes tourism industry and policy; illustrates coastal urban and rural development dichotomies; discusses hegemonic devices of nationalism, nature, authenticity and tradition, as embedded in tourism strategies; and highlights the nuances of Japan's distinctive administrative systems and specific approaches to tourism. Crowe-Delaney reveals the strains placed on coastal communities when fisheries, tourism, sustainable development, and national policies intersect, offering readers an enlightening discourse of the potency of tourism as a rejuvenation tool.

Tourism and Coastal Development in Japan

1 Nature, Networking and Coastal Tourism in HyogoPrefecture, Japan: An Introduction 2 A Distinct Geographical Setting: Contrasting CoastalDevelopment in Hyogo, Japan 3 Idealising Nature, Rurality and Staging Authenticity:The Foundations of Tourism Policy in Japan 4 Hyogo Prefecture and Hard times: Making Strategiesand Changing Tourism Policies, 1990-2017 5 Rejuvenating Coastal Japan: An Uneasy Mix of Tourismand Heavy Industry in Himeji 6 Coastal Tourism in Rural Japan: Issues of Fisheries,Heritage and Culture in Kasumi 7 Raising Hope with Promises: Unfulfilled Strategiesfor a Sustainable Rural Tourism Industry 8 Economic Rejuvenation: Discussing Tourism for RegionalJapan 9 Epilogue. Optimistic Communities in Himeji and Kasumi:Still Waiting for Long-term Tourism Growth Index