Okinawa Tourism Flow Survey conducted
From 25th to 28th August, Asakura Laboratory and Kamiya Laboratory of University of the Ryukyus jointly conducted a survey of tourist flow in the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa Island, where Churaumi Aquarium and other facilities are located. Two third-year students (Ms. Iokura and Mr. Shiroma) from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering also participated.
In Okinawa, there is a lack of quantitative data for analyzing how tourists travel between tourist attractions, and there is no data for creating a plan to encourage tourists who visit major tourist attractions to appropriately tour neighboring tourist attractions. This situation makes it difficult to properly evaluate the effectiveness of plans. In this survey, we target visitors to the Motobu Peninsula area of Okinawa’s main island for the purpose of sightseeing, and collect information sent from Wi-Fi devices installed in mobile devices such as smartphones owned by tourists through dedicated devices installed at major sightseeing spots, etc., in order to clarify what kind of touring behavior and facility-staying behavior tourists are engaged in within the area. This information is then used to clarify what kind of touring and facility-staying behavior tourists are engaging in in the area. In addition, a questionnaire survey (interview survey) of tourists was conducted at major tourist spots to collect detailed information.
We would like to thank the Okinawa General Bureau of the Cabinet Office, related local governments, and facility managers for their cooperation in conducting the survey. This survey was conducted as part of the “Research and Development of ‘Data-driven’ Traffic Demand and Spatial Management Using ETC2.0 Probe Information” (2016-2018), a specific project of the Road Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, “Research and Development of Technology to Improve the Quality of Road Policy”.
New Member (Ms. Nurul)
Ms. HJHASHIM NURUL ASYIKIN from UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA has joined ILCAA under the Academic Cooperation Agreement Program (ACAP) and will stay until the end of August.
2014 Laboratory Seminar Camp in Toyama and Kanazawa
From 21st to 23rd 2014, our laboratory held a seminar camp in Toyama and Kanazawa.
The participants observed the current state of transportation and cities, including LRT, urban development, and preservation of town houses, and gave their seminar presentations in the form of intensive lectures.
Day 1 (21st September 2014: Toyama City Tour and Seminar Presentation Part 1)
- Tokyo→Toyama(Airplane)
- Toyama Station→Iwasehama Station (Toyama Light Rail)
- Tour of the wholesale district of Iwasehama (Port of Toyama)
- Shopping street in the city (using a rental bicycle in the city)
- Seminar presentation Part 1 (microeconomic analysis)
Day 2 (22nd September 2014: Seminar Presentation Part 2 and Part 3)
- Seminar Presentation Part2 (Microeconomic Analysis)
- Presentation Material(Dantsuji)
- Presentation Material(Wang)
- Presentation Material(Bando)
- Seminar Presentation Part3 (Pattern Recoginition and Machine Learning: The second half will be in Tokyo. For details, please see the 2014 second semester lab seminar)
Day 3 (23rd September 2014: Kanazawa city tour)
- Toyama→Kanazawa (JR)
- Kanazawa City Machiya preservation tour
- Visit the transit mall in Kanazawa City
- Kanazawa→Komatsu (JR)
- Komatsu→Tokyo(Airplane)
