Economics of Tourism in Japan

Elina Ganeeva

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The tourist industry is on the rise globally. More and more people every year travel into the foreign countries to spend their holiday or vacation. Tourism grew into a multibillion-dollar industry in the past few decades. With more and more people travelling the demand for services are still higher as well as the demand for higher standard of travelling.In this thesis we will take a look at very specific market which is Japanese tourist market. Japan is very trendy holiday destination in the past few years for people from all over the world. We will examine how the demand for travelling in Japan changed over the years, how the demography of visitors changed and what impact it had on the revenues from the tourism. All the information is essential to understand the current situation of this industry in Japan and it also allow us to make a qualified forecast for the years to come.We will also examine the positive and the negative externalities of tourism, more specifically of the tourist industry in Japan, its impact on the environment, the quality of life for the locals, the cost of living, etc. Thanks to all this information we are able to properly analyze Japanese tourist market and see all its opportunities for the future.

Keywords

tourism, Japan, domestic tourism, international tourism, economis of tourism

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 14. 3. 2019

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: doc. Ing. Mansoor Maitah, Ph.D. Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Bachelor programme / field:
Economics and Management / Economics and Management