Dr Takamitsu Jimura

Lecturer in Business Management (Tourism) LLB, PG Cert, MSc, PhD

Contact details

E: t.jimura@yorksj.ac.uk

T: +44 (0)1904 876787

Profile

Teaching

Professional Activities

Research & Publications

Publications:

Jimura, T. (In press - 2013). The Relationship between the World Heritage Site Inscription and Local Identity. In Gravari-Barbas, M., Bourdeau, L. and Robinson, M. (eds.) World Heritage, Tourism and Identity. Farnham: Ashgate.

Jimura, T. (2012). The relationship between World Heritage Sites and school trips in Japan. In Amoeda, R., Lira, S. and Pinheiro, C. (eds.) Heritage 2012: Heritage and Sustainable Development. Barcelos: Green Lines Institute, pp.1611-1620.

Jimura, T. Destination Brands: Managing Place Reputation 3rd edition, by Nigel Morgan, Annette Pritchard and Roger Pride (eds.), 2011, Oxford, UK, Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-096930-5, $34.99 (Paperback), 370 pp. 58 illustrations..ENLIGHTENING TOURISM. A PATHMAKING JOURNAL, North America, 1, dec. 2011. Available at: http://www.uhu.es/publicaciones/ojs/index.php/et/article/view/1146. Date accessed: 29 Dec. 2011.

Jimura, T. (2011). ‘The impact of world heritage site designation on local communities - A case study of Ogimachi, Shirakawa-mura, Japan’. Tourism Management, 32 (2) 288-296

Jimura, T. (2010). ‘Japanese tourists’ motivation for visiting cultural and heritage sites in the UK’. In Amoeda, R., Lira, S. and Pinheiro, C. (eds.) Heritage 2010: Heritage and Sustainable Development. Barcelos: Green Lines Institute, pp.959-968.

Jimura, T. (2009). ‘Examination of the concept of Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) in the Japanese context through a case study of the City of Kyoto, Japan’. In Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage (ed.) International Seminar Proceedings: the Forum UNESCO – University and Heritage 12th International Seminar – Historic Urban Landscapes: A New Concept? A New Category of World Heritage Sites? , Hanoi, Republic of Vietnam. 5-10 April 2009. ISBN: 978-84-694-1784-3. Abstract is also available from http://universityandheritage.net/SIFU/XII_Hanoi_2009/en/abstracts/html/222.html

Jimura, T. (2007). The impact of World Heritage Site designation on local communities – a comparative study of Ogimachi (Japan) and Saltaire (UK). Nottingham: Doctoral Thesis, Nottingham Trent University.

Jimura, T. (2003). Visitor management - as a professional responsibility of the various site managers (Maritime Greenwich - Cultural World Heritage Site). London: Master's Thesis, University of Greenwich.

Jimura, T. (2002). ‘Group Business’. In Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (ed.) Company Profile 2002. Osaka: Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., p.35.

Jimura, T. and Affiliates Management and Business Opportunity Development Department (2001). Strategies for the Future – Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. and its Affiliated Companies. Osaka: Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

International Conference Papers:

Jimura, T. (2012). The relationship between World Heritage Sites and school trips in Japan.

A conference paper for “Heritage 2012: 3rd International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development” in Porto, Portugal (19-22 June 2012)

·Also chaired the session entitled “Heritage and Environment – II”

Jimura, T. (2012). Genbaku Dome and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park: A destination of Peace Learning Tourism. In Christou, E., Chionis, D., Gursoy, D. And Sigala, M. (eds.) Conference Proceedings: 2^nd Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing & Management Conference (CD-ROM). Corfu, Greece. 31 May-3 June 2012. ISBN: 978-960-287-139-3.

Jimura, T. (2011). ‘The websites of Japanese ryokan and eWOM: their impacts on guests’ expectation and experience’. In Guntoro, G., Huan, T.-C., Lee, S., Mena, M., Thongma, W. and Zins, A.H. (eds.) Sustainability and quality of life in tourism: Tasks for consumer,

industry, policy and academia, School of Tourism Development, Maejo University,

Chiang Mai, Thailand. 24-27 May 2011. ISBN: 978-974-8444-99-4 which consists of Abstract Proceedings in hard copy and the collection of full papers on CD-ROM. Abstract and full paper are also available at: http://iscthlr.turismo.wu-wien.ac.at/files/papers/p05_fullpaper.pdf

Jimura, T. (2010). ‘The Relationship between the World Heritage Site Inscription and Local Identity’. In UNESCO/UNITWIN Network (ed.) Conference Proceedings: World Heritage and Tourism: Managing for the Global and the Local (pp.670-681) (CD-ROM), Quebec City, Canada. 2-4 June 2010.

Jimura, T. (2009). ‘The effectiveness of a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods in tourism research’. In Richards, V. and Raguz, A. (eds.) Conference Proceedings: 3rd Critical Tourism Studies Conference Connecting Academies of Hope – Critical Notions and Creative Vistas, Zadar (pp.49-63) (CD-ROM), Croatia. 21-24 June 2009. Abstract and full paper are available from http://www.sal.wur.nl/NR/rdonlyres/0643FB79-6F77-473B-998E-F2C40582A0A1/93099/Conference_Proceedings.pdf

• Also worked as the chair of the session entitled “Methodological issues in tourism research”

Jimura, T. (2008). ‘Local people’s attitudes towards tourism – a case study of Saltaire, UK’. In ATLAS (ed.) Conference Proceedings: ATLAS Annual Conference 2008 – Selling or Telling? Paradoxes in Tourism, Culture and Heritage, Brighton, UK. 2-4 July 2008.

Jimura, T. (2007). ‘How cultural heritage is consumed by tourists – a case study of Horyu-ji temple’. In Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ed.) Conference Proceedings: 2007 International Tourism Biennial - Tourism, Lessons from the Past, Directions for the Future, Canakkale, Turkey. 30 April - 4 May 2007.

Current Research Projects:

Jimura, T. (n.d.) The socio-cultural impact of World Heritage designation on tourism – a case study of Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.

Jimura, T. (n.d.). Learning experience for Japanese students at York St John University

Brendan, P. and Jimura, T. (n.d.). Challenges and Opportunities in Cross Cultural Research.