Sixth International Conference on Transportation Engineering
Analysis and Revelation of Development of Japan Railway Tourism
Publication: ICTE 2019
ABSTRACT
This paper takes the development of Japanese economy and railway as the axis and combs the development history of Japanese railway tourism. On the basis of analyzing its various development stages, this paper summarizes and analyzes the classification and characteristics of Japanese railway tourism products, and discusses the reasons for the success of Japanese railway tourism from the perspectives of traffic connection, comprehensive development, passenger service, and international vision. This paper takes the development mode as the starting point, discusses the development experience of railway tourism in Japan, and proposes the enlightenment of the development of China's railway tourism. This paper provides a way and reference for accelerating the development of China's railway tourism and implementing the integration of railway and tourism.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This research was supported by “the Belt and Road” Special Task Project of Southwest Jiaotong University (Project No. A1420502051904-17), the People’s Republic of China.
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ICTE 2019
Pages: 375 - 384
Editors: Xiaobo Liu, Ph.D., Southwest Jiaotong University, Qiyuan Peng, Ph.D., Southwest Jiaotong University, and Kelvin C. P. Wang, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8274-2
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Published online: Jan 13, 2020
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