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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/82676

Fundamental research on“Snow and Ice Tourism”

日本語

preserving snow

2021-09

日本雪氷学会

雪氷

83(5)

489-505

In heavy snowfall areas, which are designated as disadvantageous areas, snow and ice-related disasters adversely affect the local socio-economy. However, in modern times, there are some cases where snow and ice as well as snow and ice-related disasters are used for tourism, contributing to winter tourism development. In this context, there is a lack of academic research on “snow and ice tourism” in Japan. This academic research foresees not only regional revitalization, but also discussions related to environmental conservation. Therefore, this study examined this process of tourism creation and tried to define “snow and ice tourism”based on it and also considered its modern significance. In the process of promoting the utilization of drift ice, value-creating approaches in both fields of regional culture and natural science worked, and the promotion factors using a four-quadrant were shown. Using this as a clue, this study extracted the morphological classification and behavioral factors of this tourism from the perspective of both glaciology and tourism studies. Subsequently, the diversity and originality of this tourism was recognized from the classification of “snow and ice resources” and the evaluation of tourism utilization as well as the classification of tourism behavior factors and the analysis of practical conditions. In todayʼs value-diverse society, this study showed that high degree of diversity and originality is an added value for tourists. Thus, the concept of “snow preservation” wherein humans protect snow and ice could be established in the future since the development of “snow and ice tourism” would further contribute to the improvement of snow and ice value.

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