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

本研究以2004年申报世界遗产的“熊野朝圣之路”为对象，从长期和短期两个方面分析了世界遗产申报后游客的动向和行为。从旅游人数的年际变化来看，旅游人数呈快速增长的趋势，之后呈下降趋势。另一方面，世界遗产的登记显示，从20世纪70年代以来，在Nachikatsuura镇的游客人数原本呈下降趋势的旅游活动的统计数据中，仅成为制动器。

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.