Wakayama Tourism Review Vol.8, 2026

The eighth volume of ‘Wakayama Tourism Review’, the collection of short communication articles published by the Center for Tourism Research (CTR) has been published.

Volume 8 has 13 articles contributed by CTR affiliated researchers. PDF version can be downloaded from Wakayama University Academic Repository.

*We will announce when the download of each article is available.

 

Source

Wakayama Tourism Review Vol.8 (2026.3)

Editor in Chief: Mohamed N. El-Barbary

Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University

ISSN (Online) 2436-3839

ISSN (Print) 2436-892X

 

Contents

Message from the Director, Center for Tourism Research, Wakayama University     Kaede Sano

Preface     Mohamed N. El-Barbary

1. Introduction: Wakayama Tourism Review Vol. 8 (2026)      Etsuko Higashi

2. Guidance for theory building in tourism research: Finding differences as a starting point       Ryutaro Yamakita

3. Regional revitalization through traditional Japanese culinary culture: The Washoku Festival in Miyagi-Ishinomaki      Katsuhisa Ogawa, Hyoue Tsuchiya, Hideyuki Abe, Kiyoko Abe, Hitoshi Kimura, Tomohiro Kariya, Katsuhiro Abe, Yuichiro Saito & Yutaro Yamato

4. Seating position and immersive perception of Olympic live viewing in a planetarium      Koki Sawada, Keiichi Koshiba & Masami Okyudo

5. Exploring the digital transformation of heritage tourism      Qingru Kong & Kaede Sano

6. Smart tourism through a cultural lens: Exploring the applicability of Hofstede’s dimensions      Hao Sun

7. Possibilities for sustainable operation and maintenance in the Rokko Mountain Cable Railway       Kunihiro Yamamoto

8. Tourism SMEs’ digitalization strategies: Insights from Japan and Finland      Aarni Tuomi, Elina Moreira Kares & Husna Zainal Abidin

9. Behavioral shift through digital nudging in tourism: An AI-driven perspective      MirFarshad Farshbafiyan Hosseininezhad & Niccolò Comerio

10. Learning tourism as artistic practice      Yurika Shibamoto

11. Learning tourism through rhythm      Daijiro Yamagishi

12. Learning tourism with the body      Nagisa Mochizuki

13. Rural community business models: Asian and UK comparisons      Damon Drummond, Jihyang Lee & Yuji Yashima