Monitoring and Restoration by Cultivation and Transplant of Moss Vegetation in the World Heritage "Kumano Pilgrimage Routes"

本研究以2004年被列入世界遗产名录的熊野朝圣之路为研究对象，从长期和短期两个方面分析了熊野朝圣之路的旅游趋势和旅游行为。从游客数量的年际变化来看，游客数量先是快速增长，之后又呈下降趋势。另一方面，从1970年代以来对七胜町的旅游统计数据来看，世界遗产登记只是遏制了原本呈下降趋势的游客数量。

In this study, the tourist's trend and behavior by the World Heritage registration were analyzed from long-term and a short-term aspect for "Kumano Pilgrimage Routes" that had been registered as a World Heritage Site in 2004. According to the transition of the number of tourists between annuals, the number of tourists increased rapidly and afterwards, it changes in decreasing tendency. On the other hand, the World Heritage registration was shown only becoming the brake from statistics of the tourist movement from the 1970's of Nachikatsuura-town in the number of tourists that was originally the decreasing tendency.