｡?aeda
I think this is an example of how the major benefits that tourism brings to the area can in some ways distort things for the surrounding areas. Is there some strategy being considered to get the ripple effect going?
｡?articipant (continued)
We end up clinging to Nagahama. Administration is a problem too; the city has a sense of jurisdiction, but in our town there's no such governing organization.
When we look at which countries in the world are being visited by tourists, Japan ranks about 40th. Lots of Japanese depart from Japan to travel, but not many people come to visit. I know there's something called the Welcome Plan 21, but even that seems to me like the Ministry of Transport going at it in isolation.
｡?aeda
I've always wondered why, even with the abundance of assets, tourism was one-dimensional. I suppose the problem might be structural, a setup flaw.
Tourism, I think, is born out of the will to preserve and nurture while sharing a single time and space. In reality there are technical problems to do with environmental conservation which have to be dealt with professionally, but I feel that the importance of "preserving and nurturing within the tourism context" can be shared by residents and tourists. As to where such a space can be created, I say： there have to be "people" there. The people who visit, and the people who welcome them. And through the dialogue - "come see this with me" or, "isn't this wonderful? " - the will to preserve and nurture is formed. That's why I believe that in the sense that it creates a unified will, a unified stance, tourism "contributes to the preservation and nurturing of assets. "
Thank you very much.
