Comparison of Motivation of Participation to International Conferences between Asians and Non-Asians

摘要

Inbound tourism business for the Japanese economy is recognized one of the most important industries to increase its positive effect. International conventions are drawing attention from the viewpoint of the economic ripple effect to the area. The economic ripple effect on Japan is estimated to be about 590.5 billion yen, which has the effect of creating jobs for about 54,000 people [1]. Under such circumstances, it is important to develop more attractive conventions and services by using knowledges from investigating the attitudes of international participants. In this paper, we analyze the data collected from the questionnaire at the International Academic Convention to clarify the difference between participants from Asia and participants from non-Asian countries.