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Travellers’ activities at modern train stations: a study of Kyoto station, Japan

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dc.contributor.author Phu, BN
dc.contributor.editor Dayaratne, R
dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-23T04:47:32Z
dc.date.available 2024-01-23T04:47:32Z
dc.date.issued 2020-12-15
dc.identifier.citation ** en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/22098
dc.description.abstract Within the existing literature, transportation-related sites as travel and tourism attractions have been a neglected topic. In addition, the activities that travellers do at the starting and ending points of their holiday, such as at train stations, remain largely under-researched. Therefore, this study aims to identify the activities that travellers do at train stations, and the factors that may affect these activities. The setting of this study is Kyoto station, one of the most popular train stations in Japan – a country with a very developed railway system. By thematically analysing 344 reviews posted on an online platform in 2018, this study found that the main activities are sightseeing, eating, and shopping. The factors that can affect travellers’ activities include station architecture, restaurants, stores, signage, navigation, staff, and information centre, among others. Implications for station management are discussed based on these findings. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.subject Text-mining en_US
dc.subject Case study en_US
dc.subject Tourist destination en_US
dc.subject Entertainment complex en_US
dc.subject Transportation hub en_US
dc.title Travellers’ activities at modern train stations: a study of Kyoto station, Japan en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 8th International Urban Design Conference on Cities, People and Places ICCPP- 2020 en_US
dc.identifier.place Colombo, Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 35-43 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Cities, People and Places'- ICCPP-2020 en_US
dc.identifier.email binhnghiem@gmail.com en_US


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