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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/50528

2012 Volunteer Tourism Survey Report : Experiences and Interests of Residents in the Metropolitan Tokyo Area, Japan

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Great East Japan Earthquake

2012-10-03

Center for Advanced Tourism Studies, Hokkaido University

Advanced Tourism Studies

8

1-48

This is the first quantitative survey on the experiences of and interests in volunteer tourism by the residents of the Metropolitan Tokyo Area. Volunteer tourism is tourism including volunteer activities, or in other words, volunteer activities at places not for ordinary daily activities, such as works and schools. Volunteer tourism has become widely recognized after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011. The target area includes Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama, where are thought to have the highest density of the potential volunteer tourists, due to their demographic features and population density. The survey was conducted via an internet survey service provider, with 1,002 completed surveys. According to the survey, approximately 10% of respondents experienced volunteer activities outside of places for their ordinary daily activities. The number of such activities increased significantly after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The report has separate sections for volunteer activities in Tohoku and the others. The survey covers topics, such as kind of activities, profile of participants, experiences by and influences to participants, how to get to know the activities, intention for future participation, and the reasons of non-participation by non-participants. The survey reveals, among many other findings, that existing social relations are the most popular driving force to have new participants involved in such activities, and approximately 80% of the participants are interested in continuing the activities.

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