Transnational Travel Population Development Among China, Japan And South Korea

Transnational travel is the symbol of human interchange in the 21st century. With social development the scale of the transnational population is becoming larger and larger. The increase in transnational travel can be seen as a phenomenon of globalization. This research examines the transnational travel population between China, Japan and South Korea, including inbound and outbound travel populations as well as their interlinking conditions. On the basis of emphatic analysis of the state of transnational travel population among China, Japan and South Korea I analyzed the mode, growth condition, structure, fountainhead, the purpose and the process of the transnational population. I then analyzed the influencing factors and the related social economic consequences of the transnational population among the three countries. The increase in the scale of transnational travel population among these three countries has both positive and negative effects on the society, culture and economy. The scale of the travel population cannot be allowed to surmount the bearing ability of the travel destination. In order to continue the development of travel we need to distribute the travel population reasonably, develop the scale of the transnational population properly, and build a new mode and theory of travel population development.This thesis is divided into seven chapters:The first chapter examines the theory of transnational travel population. As the research on transnational travel population is all-inclusive, it relates to a number subjects including population, resource and environmental economics, sociology, statistics and culture to name but a few. Each subject uses an arrangement of theory to extract a paradigm. For this thesis, I have mainly applied the theories of travel culture, human sociology and travel population from a number of angles such as growth in travel population (including the background of social and travel culture that arises from the characteristics of this model), the bearing ability of travel population, proper distribution and the angle of appropriate growth. Travel culture, human sociology, and travel population are the theories that can be best used to build a model of transnational travel population.In the second chapter I researched the state and the evolving mode of transnational population growth among China, Japan and South Korea. Towards the end of the 1990's and into the 21st century the growth speed of the transnational travel population among China, Japan and South Korea has increased greatly in proportion to the rest of the world. In 2005 the number of transnational travelers among China, Japan and South Korea reached 33,000,000. This number represents 70% of North East Asia and 7.3% of the world's travel population for that year. All three countries are experiencing growth in transnational travel as a result of the process of government led policy.In the third chapter I analyzed the developmental model and trans-type of the transnational travel population among China, Japan and South Korea. Entering the 21st century, these three countries have been experiencing a trans-type period in development model. Japan has changed from the model of"develop outbound travel"to"develop inbound travel", trying their best to improve the imbalance of outbound to inbound travel population. China has changed from"single-direction development of inbound travel"to bi-directional development of outbound and inbound travel". South Korea has changed from"balancing development of outbound and inbound travel"to non-balancing development of outbound and inbound travel". The statistical data shows that the transnational travel population among China, Japan and South Korea is rising. An inter-relationship has developed among the three countries, but this relationship is not balanced.In the fourth chapter, I analyzed the characteristics and changes of the transnational travel population among China, Japan and South Korea from the angle of population statistics. The transnational travel population of these three countries, no matter their country's respective populations, is increasing. The gender of the transnational travel population was proven to be constant. The purpose for travel of each of the three countries also shows certain regularities. The purpose for travel from Japan and South Korea to China is sight-seeing and leisure and other non-business, from China to Japan is business, from Japan to South Korea is sight-seeing and from China to South Korea is non-business and non-sight-seeing other. In this regard, the annual distribution of the transnational travel population and the choice of transport shows certain regularities.In the fifth chapter I analyzed the effect factor and negative effect of the transnational travel population among China, Japan and South Korea. The effect factor of the international travel macroscopic environment includes: politics, policy, the safe condition of travel destination, international cooperation, culture and religion. The effect factor of the international travel market environment includes: travel soft-environment, travel services, travel expenses and travel information. The effect factor of travelers themselves includes: age, gender, economics and society. The negative effect factor of the transnational travel population among China, Japan and South Korea includes: the negative effect of the increasing transnational travel population on the social environment of the travel destination as well as the negative effect on the nation's traditional culture.In the sixth chapter I analyzed the development of the transnational travel population from the perspective of distribution. Throughout the analysis I found the similar conclusion that the distribution of the travel destinations shows a state of"both ranks". China, Japan and South Korea have all developed two"ranking cores", of which most of the transnational travel populations falls in or around. The density of travel population in the"ranks cores"is overbearing. Now, the tendency of the transnational travel of these three countries is on the increase. Each country is trying its best to induce the inbound travel population to the point where the more transnational travel population there is the better the conditions become. For this reason it is imperative to manage the direction and flow of the inbound travel population, and to properly control the scope of inbound travel population through travel hot lines. In this chapter I built the predicting model on the basis of historical data. I predicted the scale of the transnational travel population of China, Japan and South Korea up to the year 2020.In the seventh chapter, I analyzed the degree of inter-recognition of the latency-travel population in China, Japan and South Korea on the basis of the result of an investigation paper. The analysis shows that the degree of recognition from China to South Korea and Japan is 48.4% and 41.8% respectively; the degree of recognition from South Korea to Japan is only around 10%, from Japan to South Korea around 18% and from Japan to China is 10%-20%. We concluded that the inter-recognition among China, Japan and South Korea is very low, and that inter-understanding among the countries is needed. I analyzed the case from the Chinese perspective and showed the degree of recognition of travel attraction in Northeast Asian countries, and the relationship between travel experience and self-factors.