Efforts to Enhance Long-Stay Demand in Public Kokumin Shukusha with a Spa ─Considerations and Analysis Based on Interview Survey for the Association and Field Work─ / 日本温泉気候物理医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

  The author has researched and reported on “Efforts to increase the demand for long-term stays in spa resorts” over three reports up until now. The target areas were spa health resorts and national park resort villages with spas. There, I pointed out the necessity to create programs for stays that combine the natural environments, historical and cultural environments, artificial environments and facilities, different environments by moving around and night-time hours that exist around each stay facility.  In this repot, I investigated the creation of programs for public Kokumin Shukusha, which are dormitories for the people who can stay with peace of mind, even with their families, at a low cost. I investigated whether or not efforts are being made to create programs for staying, such as setting walking trails that make use of external environments around the public Kokumin Shukusha.   As a result, although efforts were made, the number and diversity of course settings were insufficient. In order to increase the demand for long-term stays, it will be necessary to utilize the external environment that make the most of the nearness to existing villages. In addition, it became clear that the Onsen Stay policy promoted by the Ministry of the Environment has not been publicized, and it is necessary to promote the publicity of this policy in order to revitalize spa resorts nationwide.