日本におけるスポーツツーリズムに関する政策と観光関連の学術誌の中から読み取れる研究動向
Policies on Sports Tourism in Japan and Research Trends that can be Lead from Academic Journals Related to Tourism
Japanese government policies on sports tourism, which are considered to attract increasing attention, and research trends in sports tourism are investigated. Studies related to sports tourism have been published in various fields. In this paper, especially academic journals related to tourism are analyzed. First, relevant government policies are overviewed, which indicates that policies on sports tourism began to be established in 2010. Tourism has been clearly positioned as one important Japanese policy in the 21st century, and various measures have been implemented to realize a “Tourism-Oriented Country.” In such circumstances, sports tourism, which is “integration of sports and tourism,” is expected to become increasingly popular. Next, research trends in sports tourism are examined. The results indicated the following. (1) Few articles on sports tourism have been published in tourism-related academic journals. (2) Active- and participating-type studies have been published more often in Japanese tourism-related academic journals than observing-type studies. (3) Most publications are of empirical studies that have used a questionnaire or case studies. (4) Economics related studies are not significantly less frequent than those in social and cultural fields, which is a finding that is different from the results of previous studies. Sports tourism is an interdisciplinary research field as well as a tourism study. It is expected that the integration of theories in other fields and interdisciplinary findings in relevant fields would result in the sustainable development of sports tourism studies in the future.
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.