Study on the Selective Career Choices in the Tourism Industry among Non-Natives in Kakeroma Island, Amami Oshima :Regarding the Change in Career Preference of Non-Natives

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  • Honda Chikahiro
    graduate school of humanities and social sciences, Kagoshima University

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  • 奄美大島加計呂麻島の移住者にみる観光業への選択的就労についての研究 ─移住者の職業選択移動について─
  • 奄美大島加計呂麻島の移住者にみる観光業への選択的就労についての研究 : 移住者の職業選択移動について
  • アマミ オオシマカケイロマトウ ノ イジュウシャ ニ ミル カンコウギョウ エ ノ センタクテキ シュウロウ ニ ツイテ ノ ケンキュウ : イジュウシャ ノ ショクギョウ センタク イドウ ニ ツイテ

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This study discusses the relationship between the tourism industry and the career choices of non-natives who resettle in Kakeroma Island, Amami Oshima. The tourism industry on Kakeroma Island is operated mostly by people who moved there in the 1990s due to the increased popularity of scuba diving. While the Amami Islands are gaining attention after being registered as a World Natural Heritage site, this study attempts to analyze the relationship between the tourism industry and the career choices of non-natives on Kakeroma Island, based on a survey of non-natives conducted in 2020. Working from the analysis, this study sets out the relationship between the tourism industry and non-natives’ career choices. 　The survey showed that non-natives’career choices are affected by the presence of financial support from the Fund for the Promotion and Development of the Amami Islands. Additionally, the tourism and primary industries operated by non-natives are diversified and interrelated. It was further, revealed that, due to its characteristics, the tourism industry on the island plays a role in employing non-natives. At the same time, they tend to choose their careers from the viewpoint of economic rationality.

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