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[HTT16-05] On the Traveling Extraordinary-Space and Transportation
Keywords:Travel, Transportation, Extraordinary
1. Introduction
Travel has a strong relationship with the word “extraordinary”. The more distant a space is from everyday life, both psychologically and in terms of distance, the more "extraordinary" it is. However, the Corona disaster has led to restrictions on long-distance travel, and attention is now focused on tourism in nearby daily areas. As travel locations change, a new method for creating a sense of extraordinary may be needed.
2. Research Objectives
Past research attempted to evaluate tourist spots by taking into account "tourist spots" and "transportation access to tourist spots. As a result, we found that "the evaluation value that takes into account the impact of transportation access on the spot evaluation" decreases as the distance from the visitor's place of residence increases. This indicates that accessibility, such as distance and cost, is also important in evaluating tourist spots. The purpose of this study is to identify the extraordinary nature of tourism in terms of accessibility.
3. Research Method
This study focused on distance and cost in tourism, assuming that short-distance access with low cost is less extraordinary and long-distance access with high cost is more extraordinary. In this study, we calculated the extraordinary from frequency. High-frequency tourist spots have a high sense of livability and security, i.e., high ordinariness, while low-frequency tourist spots have a high sense of anticipation and exploration, i.e., high extraordinariness.
Using these conditions, a questionnaire survey was conducted on the frequency of visits to each tourist spot to understand the relationship between residential areas and extraordinary spaces. The survey covered the Kinki region and asked residents in that area how often they visited tourist spots. The frequency of visits to those tourist spots was then surveyed for each place of residence, and the relationship between the frequency of visits and the frequency of visits to tourist spots was visualized on a GIS.
3.1 Questionnaire
The questionnaire surveyed the frequency of tourism in the Kinki region. For this survey, the Kinki region was defined as the two prefectures indicated by the Japan Tourism Association, and 125 tourist spots were selected from those listed in the Japan Travel Bureau. 85 residents were asked how often they visited these tourist spots on a 10-point scale.
Questionnaires were categorized by region of residence and analyzed. The first step in the analysis was to convert the frequencies into numbers. Next, the numerical values were converted to percentages. The percentages were then aggregated by tourist spot to determine the frequency of visits to each tourist spot.
3.2. Extraordinariness by frequency of sightseeing
In this study, tourist spots are classified as "high-frequency tourist spots" if they are visited more than 2% of the time, "low-frequency tourist spots" if they are visited less than 2% and more than 1% of the time, and "unvisited tourist spots" if they are visited less than 1%. The target districts were Osaka City, the Hanshin area, and the Harima area.
These data lead to the conclusion that nearby tourist spots are high-frequency tourist spots and low tourist spots exist around high tourist spots. In other words, nearby tourist spots are daily tourist spots and distant tourist spots are extraordinary tourist spots. Since the layout of tourist spots in Osaka City and the Hanshin area is similar, it is expected that the range of travel behavior in urban areas is similar. The Harima region has the fewest number of high-frequency tourist spots and the greatest number of low-frequency tourist spots among the three regions, suggesting that the respondents tend to visit fewer daily tourist spots and are more interested in tourist spots in other regions. Conversely, those who live in urban areas, where many tourist spots can be visited daily, may not seek the extraordinary far from urban areas.
4. Conclusion
The purpose of this study was to qualitatively analyze the extraordinariness in terms of access to tourist spots.
The data obtained from the questionnaire was transferred to a GIS and visualized, and it was found that daily activities were more prevalent in the spaces closer to the residential area, while the more extraordinary spaces existed in the more distant spaces. Furthermore, this result suggests that there is a difference between urban and rural areas in the way of thinking about every day and the extraordinary. We will further investigate this consideration in depth in the future to qualify the extraordinary.
Travel has a strong relationship with the word “extraordinary”. The more distant a space is from everyday life, both psychologically and in terms of distance, the more "extraordinary" it is. However, the Corona disaster has led to restrictions on long-distance travel, and attention is now focused on tourism in nearby daily areas. As travel locations change, a new method for creating a sense of extraordinary may be needed.
2. Research Objectives
Past research attempted to evaluate tourist spots by taking into account "tourist spots" and "transportation access to tourist spots. As a result, we found that "the evaluation value that takes into account the impact of transportation access on the spot evaluation" decreases as the distance from the visitor's place of residence increases. This indicates that accessibility, such as distance and cost, is also important in evaluating tourist spots. The purpose of this study is to identify the extraordinary nature of tourism in terms of accessibility.
3. Research Method
This study focused on distance and cost in tourism, assuming that short-distance access with low cost is less extraordinary and long-distance access with high cost is more extraordinary. In this study, we calculated the extraordinary from frequency. High-frequency tourist spots have a high sense of livability and security, i.e., high ordinariness, while low-frequency tourist spots have a high sense of anticipation and exploration, i.e., high extraordinariness.
Using these conditions, a questionnaire survey was conducted on the frequency of visits to each tourist spot to understand the relationship between residential areas and extraordinary spaces. The survey covered the Kinki region and asked residents in that area how often they visited tourist spots. The frequency of visits to those tourist spots was then surveyed for each place of residence, and the relationship between the frequency of visits and the frequency of visits to tourist spots was visualized on a GIS.
3.1 Questionnaire
The questionnaire surveyed the frequency of tourism in the Kinki region. For this survey, the Kinki region was defined as the two prefectures indicated by the Japan Tourism Association, and 125 tourist spots were selected from those listed in the Japan Travel Bureau. 85 residents were asked how often they visited these tourist spots on a 10-point scale.
Questionnaires were categorized by region of residence and analyzed. The first step in the analysis was to convert the frequencies into numbers. Next, the numerical values were converted to percentages. The percentages were then aggregated by tourist spot to determine the frequency of visits to each tourist spot.
3.2. Extraordinariness by frequency of sightseeing
In this study, tourist spots are classified as "high-frequency tourist spots" if they are visited more than 2% of the time, "low-frequency tourist spots" if they are visited less than 2% and more than 1% of the time, and "unvisited tourist spots" if they are visited less than 1%. The target districts were Osaka City, the Hanshin area, and the Harima area.
These data lead to the conclusion that nearby tourist spots are high-frequency tourist spots and low tourist spots exist around high tourist spots. In other words, nearby tourist spots are daily tourist spots and distant tourist spots are extraordinary tourist spots. Since the layout of tourist spots in Osaka City and the Hanshin area is similar, it is expected that the range of travel behavior in urban areas is similar. The Harima region has the fewest number of high-frequency tourist spots and the greatest number of low-frequency tourist spots among the three regions, suggesting that the respondents tend to visit fewer daily tourist spots and are more interested in tourist spots in other regions. Conversely, those who live in urban areas, where many tourist spots can be visited daily, may not seek the extraordinary far from urban areas.
4. Conclusion
The purpose of this study was to qualitatively analyze the extraordinariness in terms of access to tourist spots.
The data obtained from the questionnaire was transferred to a GIS and visualized, and it was found that daily activities were more prevalent in the spaces closer to the residential area, while the more extraordinary spaces existed in the more distant spaces. Furthermore, this result suggests that there is a difference between urban and rural areas in the way of thinking about every day and the extraordinary. We will further investigate this consideration in depth in the future to qualify the extraordinary.