TY - JOUR
T1 - An archipelagic tourism development model
T2 - the case of Okinawa Prefecture
AU - Nguyen, David N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Hong Kong Geographical Association.
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - This paper advances geographic theoretical models on the spatial and temporal effects of tourism development and modifies them to analyze archipelagic destinations. Using Okinawa, Japan, as a case study, changes in the distribution of resort hotels, transportation linkages, tourism numbers, and development policies are examined over a period of 40 years. The results of this empirical study suggest that Okinawa’s development corresponds very closely to the archipelagic model which, in turn, corresponds to other similar models predicting the spread of tourism.
AB - This paper advances geographic theoretical models on the spatial and temporal effects of tourism development and modifies them to analyze archipelagic destinations. Using Okinawa, Japan, as a case study, changes in the distribution of resort hotels, transportation linkages, tourism numbers, and development policies are examined over a period of 40 years. The results of this empirical study suggest that Okinawa’s development corresponds very closely to the archipelagic model which, in turn, corresponds to other similar models predicting the spread of tourism.
KW - Islands
KW - Japan
KW - Okinawa
KW - spatial-temporal changes
KW - tourism development
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U2 - 10.1080/10225706.2017.1323654
DO - 10.1080/10225706.2017.1323654
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018287057
SN - 1022-5706
VL - 34
SP - 39
EP - 57
JO - Asian Geographer
JF - Asian Geographer
IS - 1
ER -