COMMUNAL MANAGEMENT OF ECOTOURISM BASED ON USE OF COMMON POOL RESOURCES: SELF IMPOSED RULES ON MINAMI-JIMA ISLAND, JAPAN

Takayuki Arima, Toshio Kikuchi and Yoshihiro Kuronuma
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Takayuki Arima: Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Toshio Kikuchi: Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Yoshihiro Kuronuma: Otsuma Women's University, Japan

Chapter 38 in Handbook of Tourism Economics:Analysis, New Applications and Case Studies, 2013, pp 885-910 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractIn Japan, several rules for community-based ecotourism management (CBEM) and the management of nature apply to the Ogasawara Islands. This chapter provides an institutional history of the CBEM system in Ogasawara and the process of developing self-imposed management (SIM) rules in order to overcome problems of common pool resources (CPRs). It focuses on SIM rules and their appropriate use on Minami-jima Island under the agreement of guidelines (AGs) between governments. Failure to comply with the SIM rules under AGs does not result in a legal penalty but the rules have gradually become more comprehensive and concrete under the Guidelines for the Protection and the Appropriate Use of Nature in the Islands of Tokyo (Governor's Decision Making) in July 2002. In other words, the SIM system relies on the leadership of a public authority (using the guidelines in the agreement) to address problems of CPRs. Institutional management of CBEM on Minami-jima Island has been successfully implemented by using the SIM rules under AGs for the coexistence of both nature conservation and local economy. After the registration of Ogasawara Islands as a World Heritage Site in June 2011, the SIM rules are going to face new challenges for CBEM due to greater environmental pressures expected as a result of an increasing number of visitors in the near future.

Keywords: Accommodation and Tourism; China; Congestion and Tourism; Cost-Benefit Analysis of Tourism; Cruise Ship Tourism; Cultural and Heritage-Based Tourism; Demand for Touring; Economic Development and Tourism; Economic Impact Analysis of Tourism; Ecotourism; Educational Tourism; Environmental Conservation and Tourism; Ergodic Events and Tourism; Gambling and Tourism; Health and Tourism; India; Information Technology and Tourism; Infrastructure and Tourism; Inter-Industry Analysis of Tourism; International Tourism; Medical Tourism; National Parks and Tourism; Nature-Based Tourism; Pollution and Tourism; Protected Areas and Tourism; Public Finance and Tourism; Religious Tourism; Special Events and Tourism; Sustainable Tourism; Terrorism and Tourism; The Environment and Tourism; Theme Parks; Tourism; Tourism Economics; Tourism Industry; Tourism Satellite Accounts; Transport and Tourism; Travel; Travel Insurance; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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