Open AccessA Japanese-English Comparative History Study on Railways and Heritage Tourism
Author(s) -
Hideto Fujii
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
impact
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2398-7081
pISSN - 2398-7073
DOI - 10.21820/23987073.2020.8.74
Subject(s) - tourism , cultural heritage , industrial heritage , ecotourism , tourism geography , cultural heritage management , natural heritage , architecture , cultural tourism , geography , heritage tourism , natural (archaeology) , economy , value (mathematics) , history , political science , environmental ethics , archaeology , philosophy , machine learning , computer science , economics
Heritage tourism is a term relating to natural and cultural heritage as a tourist destination. As such, it can be thought of as something that incorporates ecotourism, cultural tourism and urban tourism. Heritage tourism can encompass a range of forms, including nature, countryside, culture and architecture, and is a means of handing down a kind of cultural value to the next generation. Professor Hideto Fujii is leading a team based at Meiji University in Japan, carrying out research which involves performing a comparative historical study between the UK and Japan, with heritage railways acting as the focal point.