Development of a tax-free shopping environment in Japan: An analysis of its representations in a financial newspaper
公開日 2021.07.29
A research article co-authored by CTR researchers, Mr. Daijiro Yamagishi (CTR Visiting Junior Fellow) and Dr. Hayato Nagai, has been published in Tourism Planning & Development.
Title
Development of a tax-free shopping environment in Japan: An analysis of its representations in a financial newspaper
Authors
Daijiro Yamagishi, Graduate School of Tourism, Wakayama University
Hayato Nagai, Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University
Source
Tourism Planning & Development
July 2021
DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2021.1953122
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21568316.2021.1953122
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Journal details: https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19900191973
Abstract
Tax-free shopping is recognised as an important component of international travel experience, but the investigation of this topic remains limited. This study aims to extend the understanding of the tax-free shopping phenomenon, especially its historical development in Japan through investigating how the topic of tax-free shopping has been viewed and discussed in Japan. To achieve this aims, 549 newspaper articles containing the term menzei (Japanese for “tax exemption”) from a major financial newspaper were collected and analysed. The results revealed that the term menzei was differently represented in a financial newspaper before and after the national government introduced major inbound tourism development strategies in the early 2000s, indicating that the public interest in the tax-free shopping phenomenon increased as inbound tourism developed. The findings of this study are expected to serve as important foundational knowledge and to encourage future research on this topic.
Keywords
Japan; Newspaper articles; Tax-free shopping; Text mining