Examining Japanese tourists' US-bound travel constraints

Lin He, Xiang (Robert) Li, Rich Harrill and Peter W. Cardon

Current Issues in Tourism, 2014, vol. 17, issue 8, 705-722

Abstract: Most studies on travel/leisure constraints to date were conducted in Western countries under a Western-centric research paradigm. It is not clear whether people from non-Western countries, such as Japan, face different outbound travel constraints. It is also not clear whether constraints research in a non-Western context will generate results that are consistent with what has been documented in the literature. This study focused on Japanese travellers' US-related travel constraints. The data were drawn from an online panel survey on 1200 recent and potential Japanese outbound travellers. Four categories of constraints emerged in this study: personal preferences, psychological concerns, cost concerns, and accessibility issues. In addition, this study revealed that Japanese tourists with different socio-demographic characteristics faced diverse US-bound travel constraints.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2012.749842

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