Neighborhood Spatio-Temporal Impacts of SDG 8.9: The Case of Urban and Rural Exhibition-Driven Tourism by Multiple Methods

Gangwei Cai, Baoping Zou, Xiaoting Chi, Xincheng He, Yuang Guo, Wen Jiang, Qian Wu (), Yujin Zhang () and Yanna Zhou ()
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Gangwei Cai: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Baoping Zou: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Xiaoting Chi: School of Tourism and Geography Science, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
Xincheng He: Faculty of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 8080135, Japan
Yuang Guo: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao 266033, China
Wen Jiang: Zhejiang Architectural Science Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., Hangzhou 310028, China
Qian Wu: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China
Yujin Zhang: Shanghai Nonzero Architectural Design Consulting Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200092, China
Yanna Zhou: Hangzhou International Urbanology Research Center, Center for Urban Governance Studies, Hangzhou 311100, China

Land, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-37

Abstract: Rural arts events (triennials/festivals) are mainly aimed at local and regional revitalization. This exhibition-driven tourism (unlike traditional festivals, conferences, and exhibitions) has existed for more than 20 years in Japan. The curators of exhibition-driven tourism hope that these events can promote the economy and stop population decline as a result of the aging population. Therefore, this paper attempts to evaluate the effects of urban and rural arts event tourism in local and neighborhood areas in Niigata, Japan from the perspective of SDG 8.9. The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial and Water and Land Niigata Art Festival were chosen as case studies. Panel data (1997–2019) concerning tourists, income, and population in Niigata were evaluated using multiple empirical methods with descriptive correlation statistics (simple linear regression (SLR) and one-way ANOVA) and spatial analysis (Moran’s I). Through multiple-method analysis, the positive impacts of urban and rural arts event tourism in local and neighborhood areas in relation to Sustainable Development Goal 8.9 were evaluated. The findings presented herein have meaningful implications for tourism academia and the industry in general.

Keywords: event tourism; sustainable tourism; urban tourism; rural tourism; exhibition; local economic; local population; sustainable development goals (SDGs); Moran’s I; Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial (ETAT) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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