地場食材の観光活用と その社会的インパクトに関する研究 : 北海道白老町を事例として

This study is aimed at analyzing the process of tourism-use of local foods and the social impacts on the local society, using a case of Shiraoi, Hokkaido. Especially, two main points below are considered. 1) To figure out the effectivity of tourism-use of local foods for conscientization of local people about their own community design. 2) To consider the possibility of tourism-use of local foods as the way of community design. The contexts of this study are the rise of public interest on food issues and diversification of tourism form. Also, as the way of community design, the activity of cooperation between local foods and tourism is getting high attention. Because it costs less money to appeal local area, it is convenient way for a local autonomy which is under a severe economic situation. The way of research is divided into two parts. The first part (Part I: Chapter 1-2) is a review of previous research. The second part (Part II: Chapter 3-4) is a case study research, based on primary resources. Specifically, this part is constructed from two parts. The first part is a survey of the process of tourism-use of local foods and the second part is an analysis of process of local people's conscientization in the activity of tourism-use of local foods. In Part I, a review of previous research about recent tourism-use of local foods and the meaning of this study are explained. In Part II, general information of Shiraoi, which is a case study, and the process of the activity of tourism-use of local foods in Shiraoi, which is called "Shiraoi Burger & Bagel" are reviewed, first. Next, according to the results of interviews and questionnaires to local people who are involved the activity, their conscious transformation by the activity of tourism-use of local foods is demonstrated. In Part III, based on the discussion of Part I and Part II, the economic impacts and social impacts of tourism-use of local foods on local society and local people are analyzed. Also, problems and ideal way of tourism-use of local foods as the way of community design are considered.