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Building an "Astronomy Town" in the middle of nowhere and expecting it to attract tourists permanently has echoes of Japan's bubble era written all over it. Ra
by jpatokal 8y ago
Building an "Astronomy Town" in the middle of nowhere and expecting it to attract tourists permanently has echoes of Japan's bubble era written all over it. Random point of comparison: https://soranews24.com/2018/04/24/eerie-dystopian-view-emerges-as-japan-dismantles-one-of-its-departed-bubble-era-amusement-parks/ https://soranews24.com/2018/04/24/eerie-dystopian-view-emerg...
Japan's domestic tourism boom was done in by the triple combo of recession (30 years and counting), depopulation and Japanese finding it cheaper and more interesting to travel overseas. Sooner or later these will hit China too.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y agoYep. Live in a destination relic of Miyazaki. Used to get a ton of tourists, now people just go abroad.
- jpatokal 8y agoHave any Chinese tourists found Miyazaki yet? Or are they just piling into Kyoto?
- therealdrag0 8y agoWhy is it cheaper to go abroad?
- rootedbox 8y agoVolume of people traveling to a given place lowers the cost.. This also exists in the U.S. It's cheaper for me from SF to fly to Lima, Peru than to Knoxville, Tn.