Tourism and Coastal Development in Japan

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.

Dr. Lesley Crowe-Delaney is a Research Fellow in Curtin University’s Faculty of Business and Law. She is Australia’s sole Advisory Board Member of the International Geographical Union Political Geography Commission. She has written widely on Social Network Site theory, Chinese tourism and travel behavior, Japanese impacts on tourism sustainability, and staged and existentially authentic Japanese rurality.