Spatial Cluster Analysis of Inbound Accommodation Guests Visiting Hokkaido / 北海道における訪日外国人宿泊客の空間クラスター分析
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Mizuki KAWABATA; YANJIE LUO; 河端 瑞貴; 羅 雁劼
- Source
- Proceedings of the General Meeting of the Association of Japanese Geographers. 2018, :74
- Subject
- Geographic information systems (GIS)
Hokkaido
Moran’s I statistics
Moran’s I 統計量
Spatial clusters
inbound accommodation guests visiting Japan
北海道
地理情報システム(GIS)
空間クラスター
訪日外国人宿泊客
- Language
- Japanese
Developing the tourism market by increasing inbound tourists is an important policy issue in Japan. In this paper, we use geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial statistics to study the spatial patterns of inbound accommodation guests visiting Hokkaido, known as one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan. The Local Moran cluster maps reveal several unique spatial patterns for inbound accommodation guests from specific countries or during specific periods. There are also some specific patterns of spatial heterogeneity observed by comparing the results of the latest quarterly data with monthly data.