Japan is a country filled with years of culture and tradition. It is also a country that puts a large emphasize on the workings of its business world. Japan’s tourism is driven by its unique culture and business prospects. In the Japanese economy, tourism is not as influential as other sources of revenue but it is still substantial. In Japan, tourism and business travel, in Japan, is mostly domestic. In 2013, travel and tourism contributed $108.6 billion yen to Japan’s Gross Domestic Product (“Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2014: Japan,” 2014, p. 7). Travel and Tourism consist of ancient and new attractions, hundreds of different and exciting business conferences and conventions, as well as billions of dollars invested into international …show more content…
Japan’s commercial tourism centers around the sites. Japan is known for it’s ancient customs and traditions but also for it’s new technology, anime, Cosplay, and other exciting new trends. Some old and ancient attractions include multiple temples, shrines and castles including the Kiyomizu Temple, the Ise Grand Shrine, the Himeji Castle, the Osaka Castle, and the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Some other ancient attractions include the Tori Path, the Nikkō National Park, Mount Fuji, Daibutsu of Kamakura, Nintoku Mausoleum, and many others (“Japan,” 2015, para. 4). Japan also attracts international and domestic tourists through it’s many new attractions. These attractions include Tokyo’s nightlife, the Cosplay scene, Hariguka fashion, manga and anime, Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, Tsukiji Fish Market, and Japanese technology. In 2013, visitor exports came up to …show more content…
6). This means that much of Japan’s economic gain, based on tourist affairs and travel, comes from its own people. Japan is truly a homogenous nation and it’s people pride themselves on helping their economy. Even though the Japanese public are helpful to their economy, tourism and travel makes up only a small percentage of the Japan’s overall Gross Domestic Product. In 2014, tourism and travel made up about only 2.25 percent of Japan’s whole economy GDP or $10,853.70 billion yen (“Travel and Tourism Economic Impact 2014: Japan,” 2014, p. 3). This is not significantly high, considering the tourists are mostly citizens of Japan. Japanese tourism contributions significantly little to Japan’s GDP compared with the rest of the world. Throughout most of the world, tourism accounts for 9.5 percent of countries’ GDPs (Elaine Kurtenbach, 2015, para. 20). At 2.25 percent, Japan’s tourism and travel’s contribution is significantly lower. Overall, Japan’s tourism world ranking is significantly higher than expected. In 2015, Japan ranked ninth in the World Economic Forum List (“Japan ranked ninth most tourist friendly nation, 2015, para. 1). Even though Japan’s tourism does not contribute very much to the economy, Japan is still considered one of few countries to more tourist friendly than most. Japan, before was ranked in
Recently the concerns of women around their equality in society has become a hotly debated topic in the public spot light. Much of the debate concerns women and the ingrained sexism that permeates most cultures. Many women's activists feel that this ingrained sexism has widened the gap between men and women in a political, social, and economic sense. And for the most part they do have strong evidence to support these claims. Women have suffered through millennia of male dominated societies where treatment of women has been, and in some cases still is, inhuman. Women are treated like subhuman creatures that have only exist to be used for procreate and to be subjugated by men for household use. It has only been very recently that women have become recognized as equals in the eyes of men. Equals in the sense that they have the same political and social rights as males. While the situation has improved, women still have to deal with a male oriented world. Often women in the workplace are thought of as inferior and as a liability. This can be due to concerns about maternity leave, or women with poor leadership skills. But also in part it is due because of the patriarchy that controls all aspects and dynamics of the culture, family, politics, and economy. Even developed countries like The United Kingdom, United States, Germany, and France, could be classified as a patriarchies. These countries may not agree with this notion because of expansive, but not complete changes, that have gradually equalized women in society. However, there are developed countries that openly express a patriarchy and have enacted little societal changes to bring equality to women. Japan is one such country, and t...
Tourism has been described as a global activity with local implications. We are all aware of the tourism potential to boost economic diversity and growth within their regions. The decentralized nature of t...
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Japan is still in the small level, even Japanese government has promoted it in recent years and it is said to be rapidly growth because of it. What we can say about the FDI in Japan is one of it is the employment of Japanese affiliates of foreign firms (JAFF). This is affiliates of foreign workers in service and manufacturing sectors in Japan. Besides that, according to the report by MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry, which is now acknowledge as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, (METI) for the inward FDI in Japan, there are about 19 foreign subsidiaries in manufacturing industries. For the subsidiaries on non-manufacturing industries the FDI are included of few industries liketransport and telecommunication, wholesale trade, retail trade, services, and others (agriculture, construction, etc.). As an additional knowledge when the FDI in Japan in the service sector of foreign workers is compared to FDI in United States is one fifth less. Which is 0.59% is Japan’s, ratio to the 2.77% is US’s. While, for the manufacturing sector the ratio of Japan is 0.79 % less than United States with 10.48% (Keiko & Kyoji, 2001).
This investigation will explore the question, “How did cultural boundaries and differences in America during World War 2 have an effect on Japanese Americans?” It will focus on why the Japanese-Americans in the West were interned and why other war enemies like the Germans and the Italians weren’t.
For the introduction, brief information regarding my purchase and the travel and tourism industry is presented. It was then followed by the explanation of the 2 chosen theories from two different chapters.
Japan is an island positioned in East Asia just somewhat south of South Korea and lies in the Pacific Ocean. The country is made of three major islands, known as the Home Lands, these islands names are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. The whole country is made of 2,456 islands stretching all along the southeast Pacific. The country is 72% mountainous land that runs all the way from the north to the south all the way through Japanese islands. One of the most eminent renowned names in the Japanese Alps is Mount Fiji. Mount Fiji is the highest point for the complete country, but the highest point in the Japanese Alps is Mount Kits (.Nap.. Web. 22 Mar 2014).
“Visitor exports,” or sales of tourism goods and services to foreign visitors, averaged US$ 10.2 billion (bn) (12% of total exports) in 1998–2005 on more than 10 million annual visitor arrivals. The next largest category of exports, computers and parts, averaged US$ 8.5 bn in the same period.3 On average during 1998–2005, Thai tourism directly and indirectly accounted for 13% of GDP, 10% of employment (3 million jobs), and 12% of investment. Using the industry’s GDP share as a measure, Thailand is ranked 60 of 174 countries in the World Tourism and Travel Council’s global tourism satellite accounts (TSA). (s tourism-based development good for the poor?: A general equilibrium analysis for Thailand (6th ed., Vol. 30, p. 2). (2008).
In recent years, business tourism has become increasingly prevalent and prevailing in the tourism industry. There are large quantities of significant changes which have far-reaching implications for all consumers and suppliers of business travel such as consumption patterns, great developments in transport and communications technology, and the world´s political and economic changes related to tourism industry. All these developments have brought large effects on business travel as well as the main challenges to this sector for the coming years. Every day, tens of thousands of people are beginning or ending their business trips all around the world, while numerous conferences or exhibitions are being held globally, so business tourism is a
Tourism is often associated with traveling to places away from home. Tourism has a big impact on the economic growth of some countries, which define the shape of their cities by producing different sectors like historic districts, convention centers, museums, malls, hotels, restaurants, and the list can be endless. Furthermore, tourism elements have been developed by cities for a variety of reasons including: situating themselves in the world by drawing a positive image and attracting visitors and for their money.
Japan is one of the greatest countries in the world and it has offered many things as well. The Japanese have given the world a better understanding of their culture and history along with a good look at the future from a technological standpoint. They have developed and created the future for their country that has allowed them to be prosperous and powerful. They once isolated themselves from the rest of the world, but now they share their knowledge with other countries in order to create a better understanding of the world. Through their trade and creative thinking they have become one of the world’s largest and powerful countries and have allowed their economy to flourish and prosper.
This essay is the respond to the Local Council Member who has wrong idea about a common archetype of adventure tourist. This misconception based on ignorance of current tourism industry, could potentially be a dangerous for local economy and development. The local authority must be well informed about present conditions with the tourism market, before they will make a far reaching decisions about the development direction in this industry. Currently, there are many organisations whose monitoring an international tourism business and this knowledge supposed to be good use for our common good.
Nowadays in the rea of globalization, according to the World Tourism Organization, “seven hundred million people travelled abroad in 2003”, and the number is estimated to increase to 1.6 billion by 2020. (International Labour Organization, 2005). Tourism is spreading in unusual places. A lot of people want to be in the midst of adventure. It is a vital source of revenues for the GDP of many countries. I partially agree that tourism hugely benefits the local community. This essay will discuss some of the economic, social and environment effect of tourism on the host community.
Japan is a country with countless attraction and points of interest, whether its heritage, food, popular culture or dark tourism, Japan as a tourism destination can offer many things. Because of the saturation of culture there are many types of tourism which apply (Berger 2010). Cultural tourism, adventure, ecotourism, food and family tourism and even sex tourism to name a few and with the increasing relevance of Otaku1 culture in the western world, Japans popularity as a holiday destination has increased drastically. The popularity of Japanese tourism can largely be attributed to the growing cultural interest displayed by the visitors which means that cultural exploration is one of the more significant reasons of visitation.
Indonesia is the largest country in Southeast Asia. Consists of more than 18,000 islands, Indonesia provides a beautiful views, cultures, and tourist resort. The capital of Indonesia and the largest city is Jakarta, located in Java Island. The Indonesian’s currency is rupiah. Indonesia is a republic country, and the government system is democracy Absolutely, Indonesia also have a lot of tribes with different languages and religion. Indonesia got the freedom from the Netherlands in 1942, and Japan in 1945.
Tourism is a typical activity of fashion that the public participate widely and it has grown in importance over recorded human history. Innumerable articles refer tourism as “the world’s largest industry”; policy-makers, analysts, and scholars often speak of the size of the tourism compared to that of other industries (Smith 2004: 26). These series of misleading statement, together with the mass media’s reports (out of context), make the idea that tourism is a single large industry branded into many people’s minds. However, in this essay I will demonstrate that it is a simplistic and misleading idea, which should be replaced by the plural term, “tourism industries”. Moreover, tourism is not the world’s largest industry, but largest service sector.