Chapter 1 Introduction/1
1.1 Tourism/2
1.2Disasters and disaster preparedness/4
1.3 Study sites/4
1.4 Tourism development in Japan and China/5
1.5 Earthquake disasters in Japan and China/8
1.6Problem statement/11
1.7 Research objectives and structure/15
Chapter 2 Literature review/24
2.1 Disaster's impact on tourism/24
2.2Tourism disaster management/30
2.3Conclusion/35
Chapter 3 Sensitivity of tourism demand to huge earthquakes/37
3.1 Objectives/37
3.2 Methods/38
3.3 The Great East Japan Earthoquake/41
3.4The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake/50
3.5Discussion/53
Chapter 4 The impact of disasters on Japan's inbound tourism demand/55
4.1 Objectives/55
4.2Data and methods/57
4.3Empirical analysis/62
4.4Results/66
4.5Conclusion/72
4.6Discussion/73
Chapter 5 An analysis of tourist perception and attitude toward disasters: A case study of recent Chinese large earthquake disasters/75
5.1 Objectives/75
5.2 Study sites/78
5.3Data and methods/78
5.4Data analysis and results/89
5.5 Conclusion and discussion/95
Chapter 6 Tourism sector preparedness in the zone with high seismic risk: A case study of the National Capital Region of Japan/100
6.1Objectives/100
6.2Tokyo inland earthquake disasters/102
6.3Methods/1026.4Results/106
6.5Structural equation modeling/116
6.6Conclusion/135
6.7Discussion/137
Chapter 7 Conclusion and discussion/139
7.1Conclusion/139
7.2 Overall findings of the study/140
7.3Discussion/141
7.4 Future study/146
References/148