Development of a tax-free shopping environment in Japan: An analysis of its representations in a financial newspaper

A research article co-authored by CTR researchers, Mr. Daijiro Yamagishi (CTR Visiting Junior Fellow) and Dr. Hayato Nagai, has been published in Tourism Planning & Development.

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Title

Development of a tax-free shopping environment in Japan: An analysis of its representations in a financial newspaper

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Authors

Daijiro Yamagishi, Graduate School of Tourism, Wakayama University

Hayato Nagai, Faculty of Tourism, Wakayama University

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Source

Tourism Planning & Development

July 2021

DOI: 10.1080/21568316.2021.1953122

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21568316.2021.1953122

* Indexed in Scopus

Journal details:¡¡https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19900191973

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Abstract

Tax-free shopping is recognised as an important component of international travel experience, but the investigation of this topic remains limited. This study aims to extend the understanding of the tax-free shopping phenomenon, especially its historical development in Japan through investigating how the topic of tax-free shopping has been viewed and discussed in Japan. To achieve this aims, 549 newspaper articles containing the term menzei (Japanese for ¡°tax exemption¡±) from a major financial newspaper were collected and analysed. The results revealed that the term menzei was differently represented in a financial newspaper before and after the national government introduced major inbound tourism development strategies in the early 2000s, indicating that the public interest in the tax-free shopping phenomenon increased as inbound tourism developed. The findings of this study are expected to serve as important foundational knowledge and to encourage future research on this topic.

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Keywords

Japan; Newspaper articles; Tax-free shopping; Text mining

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