Tourism and Coastal Development in Japan

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.

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