Tag: Z33

ANALYSIS ON TRAVEL EXPENDITURE BY OCCUPATION FOR JAPAN DOMESTIC TRAVEL

Kenichi SHIMAMOTO

Associate Professor, Hirao School of Management, Konan University, Japan

ken_japan51@hotmail.com

Abstract

There is growing interest in the travel market with its significant impact on the economy and society. This paper attempts to provide some insight to the Japan domestic travel market by analysing the travel related purchasing behaviour by occupation. It examines travel related expenditure covering five consumption items for domestic travel with and without overnight stays by Japan residents. The occupations examined are management; professionals and engineers; administration; retail, service and security; agriculture, lumbering, fishing; manufacturing, transport, construction, field work; housewives; students; retired and unemployed. The results find that the greatest difference by occupation is the partiality agriculture, lumbering and fishing and housewives have towards package tours, holidays and vacation for travel with and without overnight stays. Concerning travel with overnight stays, management, professionals and engineers exhibited similar purchasing behaviours and for travel without overnight stays, professionals, engineers, administration retail, service and security displayed similar preferences. Students showed an exceptionally strong partiality towards entrance and attraction expenditure when travelling without overnight stays. Another significant result is the weak preference by management for travel gifts and shopping. The purchasing behaviour of manufacturing, transport, construction and field work were the closest to the average traveller.

Keywords: occupation, travel expenditure, consumption item, Japan domestic overnight travel

JEL classification: J10, Z30, Z33
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VISUAL COMMUNICATION AND ICTS FOR THE APPLICATION OF VALUE CO-CREATION STRATEGIES IN HOTELS’ WEBSITES IN ATHENS, GREECE

Vicky KATSONI

Associate Professor, University of Western Attica, Department of Tourism Management, Ag. Spiridonos and Milou 1, 12210, Egaleo, Greece

katsoniv@gmail.com

Panagiota DIONYSOPOULOU

Co-operative Tutor of Hellenic Open University, Athens, Greece

yoldi@hol.gr

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of the way principals for tourism development could incorporate Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into their models, addressing such issues as new visual communication technologies and value co-creation, based on a survey in the city of Athens, Greece. The authors argue that collaboration among key stakeholders in the tourism industry around ICT may assist in the promotion of the destination and enhance economic development. The paper demonstrates the need to redefine the relationships and the ways of communication and value co-creation between tourism principals, according to new requirements in the evolutionary process of the tourism phenomenon.

Keywords: ICTs, Value co-creation, Visual Communication, e-Tourism, C-commerce

JEL classification: Z3, Z33, Z32, Z38, M31, M15
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