Tourist decisions in renting various personal travel modes: A case study in Kitakyushu City,Japan |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Technology and Policy, Kyushu University, Japan W2-1023, 744, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan;2. Department of International Development Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 2-12-1-I4-4, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan;1. School of Hospitality, Sport and Tourism Management, Troy University, 159 Collegeview, Troy, AL 36082, USA;2. Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University, Box 8004 Biltmore Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA;3. Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, USA;4. Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management North Carolina State University, Box 7106, Jordan Hall 5107, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA;5. enRiched Consulting, LLC, Houston, TX, USA;1. University of Siena, Department of Economics, Piazza S. Francesco 7, 53100 Siena, Italy;2. University of Eastern Piedmont, Via Cavour 84, 15121 Alessandria, Italy;1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan;2. Department of General Surgery, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan;1. Universidad de Málaga, Andalucia Tech, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071, Málaga, Spain;2. Habitat-Tourism-Territory Institute, Universidad de Málaga, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Edificio Ada Byron, Campus de Teatinos s/n, 29071, Málaga, Spain;1. Griffith School of Environment, Griffith University, 4222, Australia;2. International Chair in Ecotourism Research, Griffith University, 4222, Australia;1. Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Campus Oscar Lucero Moya, Universidad de Holguín, Avenida XX Aniversario, 80900, Holguín, Cuba;2. Office 301, Module 12, Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 5, 28049, Madrid, Spain;3. Office 1.06, Pabellón 2, Department of Applied Economics II, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, s/n, 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain;4. Group for Research on Innovation, Productivity and Competitiveness (GRIPICO), Spain |
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| Abstract: | Recently, personal transportation modes have diversified remarkably, and rental use in a tourism area can be one of the strategies to popularize them. This study focused on Kitakyushu City, Japan, and analyzed users' decision-making processes to choose among four modes (ultra-lightweight vehicles ULVs], electric-assisted bicycles, electric scooters, and electric four-wheel carts) by four evaluation standards: “safety,” “convenience,” “mobility,” and “joy.” The results found that, regarding overall satisfaction of the rental service, most users were satisfied and want to use it in a tourism area as an alternative to, primarily, private cars, even if the service will be provided under a continuous-charging model. In addition, a detailed analysis of the decision-making process of rental use showed that users ranked the criteria in descending order of importance as “safety,” “convenience,” “joy,” and “mobility,” and regarded ULVs as the most preferable transportation mode. |
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| Keywords: | Personal transportation modes Rental Decision making Tourism |
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