Since then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's ``Tourism Nation Declaration'' in 2003, tourism has been recognized as one of the most important growth areas for Japan's future over the past 20 years.However, the learning field of tourism is still new in Japan and has not yet been established.I have been involved in education and research in this field for nearly 40 years.So let's think about the essence of what I learned about tourism through my experience.
The learning of tourism is based on the learning of tourism as a content of tourism culture (exploring the cultural and historical meaning of tourism and utilizing cultural resources of various places as common assets of humankind), and the tourism business (accommodation). Learning related to “Tourism Town Development” (thinking about methods such as revitalizing local communities through tourism), learning about these three learning organically I think that it is a new learning that is demanded by the coming era.At the same time, it is also a study of global communication for people to interact peacefully with countries around the world.
In general, tourism tends to be regarded as specializing in learning that supports career development in the tourism industry, such as hotels, airlines, and the travel industry. However, if we look at tourism as a place for cross-cultural understanding and as a multifaceted social phenomenon, I think we can see the essence of tourism learning.
