日本の高齢者にとって観光が持つ機能に関する研究 -観光を通した高齢者同士の人的交流を中心に-
A Study on Functions of Tourism for Elderly People in Japan : Focusing on Personal Exchange with Elderly People through Tourism
As aging society has come these days in Japan, population aging becomes an important social issue. In such a social background, many studies and surveys on elderly people are reported as the importance of elderly people is recognized. Also, tourism studies on elderly people are actively conducted in tourism sector as it is expected that elderly people will actively participate in tourism activities. However, although there are many leisure activities that elderly people can choose, why do they need tourism activities? What functions are operated in tourism? This study considers that identifying these questions is a fundamental question of tourism for elderly people and an important subject. In this study, it therefore attempted to identify what kind of functions does tourism has for elderly people and especially focused on personal relations with elderly people in tourism. To define the purpose of this study, it identified the current status of tourism for elderly people and conducted a survey on how the exchange promotion of the travel agency and personal relations with elderly people are performed by allowing targeted elderly people to participate in tourism activities three times. According to the result, it indicated that tourism has a function as a meeting place for elderly people. Elderly people who met together for the first time during the trip independently established personal relations. In this way, tourism has a function which promotes non-daily personal relations and connects people who have different social and cultural backgrounds. Also, tourism for elderly people has a characteristic which keeps personal relations even after completing the trip. Therefore, this study demonstrates that tourism plays a role in raising the possibility of forming and re-establishing different personal relations compared to personal relations established during the trip.
본 학회는 2003년부터 동북아 경상연구회의 회원들을 중심으로 동북아 지역의 학회참석을 계기로 한중일 관광학회의 중요성을 인식하게 되었습니다. 특히 우리와 인접국인 일본, 중국의 동북아 지역은 관광인적교류에서 중요한 국가이며, 상대국 또한 그 중요성을 간과할 수 없는 현실입니다. 따라서 본 학회는 한중일 3국에 학회지부회를 두어 3국의 학자들을 중심으로 관광연구를 활성화하는데 있습니다. 본 학회의 사업내용을 보면, 첫째, 연2회 이상 학술발표회를 개최합니다. 특히, 학술발표회는 동북아지역의 인적교류확대방안, 동북아지역의 산관학의 협력강화방안에 관한 사업 내용을 중심으로 연구발표회를 개최합니다. 둘째, 동북아지역의 연구자들을 중심으로 한국어, 영어, 중국어, 일어를 사용한 동북아 관광연구저널을 연 2회 이상 발행하여 동북아지역의 국제저널로서의 위상정립을 합니다. 셋째, 한,중,일 우수연구자의 저서를 상대국언어로 번역출판하며 한,중,일 연구자들을 중심으로 전문저서를 공동저술 합니다.