International Tourism System: Annotated Bibliography on Japan's Tourism Industry

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Annotated Bibliography 1: japantimes.co.jp., (2018). Tourism in Japan and the world | The
Japan Times. [online] Available at:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2013/03/04/editorials/tourism-in-japan-and-the-world/
#.WtHxuC5ubIU [Accessed 14 Apr. 2018].
This particular news article has provided on how Japan’s attractive destination is
attracting international visitors due to which the tourism industry is getting immensely benefited.
As per the data given by United Nations World Tourism Organization (2013), around 1.035
billion arrivals have visited this country despite immense economic uncertainties. Tokyo being
one of the most popular and recognizable tourism destinations of Japan, has grabbed the
attention of large number of international visitors. The article has highlighted that Japan is still
going through an economic depression in developing their tourism business. As per last year
scenario, large numbers of visitors have visited various places of Japan among which Tokyo is
the most prominent. The article shows that Japan’s inbound tourism primarily hampered due to
cultural barrier.
Edgell (2016) stated that inhabitants of Japan are very much biased on their own heritage
and culture. As a result, people belonging to various cultural backgrounds and attitudes face
immense difficulties in communicating with the regional people of Japan. As a result, the
tourism industry is not facing a serious growth in comparison to the development process of
other industries. However, in this kind of situation, it has been observed that international
visitors primarily focus on visiting European countries rather than visiting Japan. However, after
identifying the tourism destination and cultural issue the government has taken an initiative in
improving the tourism policies based on which the international visitors can feel comfortable in
visiting the attractive destinations of Japan. As a result, in the last year the industry has faced a

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radical growth after dragging the attention of large number of visitors in Japan. The business
experts have faced immense economic growth for rendering sustainable development.
Annotated Bibliography 2: travelvoice.jp., 2018. Travel Voice - Japanese Travel Trade News
[Official]. (2018). Economic impact on Tokyo by tourism is estimated at 12 trillion JPY in 2014.
[online] Available at: https://www.travelvoice.jp/english/economic-impact-on-tokyo-by-tourism-
is-estimated-at-12-trillion-jpy-in-2014/ [Accessed 14 Apr. 2018].
Tokyo Metropolitan government has highlighted that the number of international tourists
have been increased from 12,012.7 to 563,085 from 2014 to 2015. It leaves a large economic
impact on the overall business growth of tourism industry. People can Experience the magic of
Studio Ghibli during an enchanting tour to the Ghibli Museum and Edo-Tokyo Open Air
Architecture Museum. In addition, Meiji Shrine, Asakua Temple is one of the most attractive
destinations for tourists. As per the opinion of Jamal and Camargo (2014), after an improvement
on the business strategy in tourism industry, the entire country has rendered immense economic
growth.
Numerous regional business enterprises have developed their business wings after
drawing the attention of international customers. After the emergence of tourism growth outside
business experts have entered in the market of Japan. As a result, the scope for domestic business
growth has been reduced immensely. As emphasized by Tyrväinen et al. (2014), after the
entrance of outside business brands Tokyo metropolitan brand has rendered a significant
economic growth. As a result, the tourism business industry has easily drawn a significant role in
the international market. Global customers are very much aware of the tourism destination of