Mitsuo Tomizawa

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,Department of Tourism ManagementProfessor
Last Updated :2026/03/27

■Profile Information

Degree

  • Master of Tourism Management (Professional)
  • Bachelor of Education

■Achievement List

Research Keywords

  • Tourism management,Tourism mMarketing,Destination Branding
  • Community-based tourism development,Regional Revitalization,Sustainable Tourism,Responsible Tourism

Research Field

  • Tourism Studies
    Destination Management

Career

  • Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023
  • Apr. 1987 - Mar. 2021

Most Recent Educational Background

  • Chiba Unuversity Faculty of Education

Committee History

  • Tokyo Tourism and Urban Development Advisor
    Oct. 2025, Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau, Appointed as an advisor to provide guidance and advice to the local community in response to requests for tourism promotion in Tokyo
  • Regional Revitalization Expert
    2023, The Cabinet Office has appointed advisors to introduce regional revitalization specialists (regional revitalization Expert) to regions that are actively working to revitalize their regions, and to provide guidance and advice.
  • Tourism Promotion Advisor for Shizuoka Prefecture, Fujinokuni
    2014, Shizuoka Prefecture, Appointed as an advisor to provide guidance and advice at the request of the local community in promoting tourism in Shizuoka Prefecture
  • Japan Travel and Tourism Association Industry and Tourism Committee Working member
    2010, Japan Travel and Tourism Association, Participated in a practical group that discusses industrial tourism case studies and horizontal expansion nationwide under the Industrial Tourism Review Committee
  • Teaching materials development committee member of the Tourism Nation Re-learning Program that Supports Inbound Tourism
    2017 - 2017, Kobe Yamate University, Selected project for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's FY2016 "Strategic Promotion of Core Professional Human Resource Development in Growth Fields" project
  • 2018 - 2019
  • Member of the Expert Study Group on Regional Revitalization Utilizing Industrial Heritage, etc.
    2013 - 2013, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  • Slow Tourism Committee Member
    2009 - 2010, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Chugoku Transport Bureau

Books And Other Publications

  • New Normal Tourism Human Resources Development Project Text
    Planning and attracting educational trips, 2, Osaka University of Tourism, Feb. 2022
  • New Tourism Human Resources Training Course Text
    Utilizing materials from a subcultural perspective, Leisure Culture Promotion Foundation, 2009
  • Destination Manager Training Course Text
    Chapter 2-4: Locally-led destination tourism business, 2ページ, Kobe Yamate University, Mar. 2018
  • Attract people with wisdom and style rather than money! - The forefront of local tourism town development
    Multiple author, |Supervised by Takafumi Shimazu and Yuko Washio. Case studies written by Shuichi Terasaki, Jun Kakishima, Ryoko Fukuhara, Kanako Nakahira, Seiji Yoneda, Junko Ueda, Mitsuo Tomizawa, Haruo Takagi, Rikuji Makabe, Yosuke Nagasawa, Akira Mori, Tamotsu Takezawa, |

Affiliated academic society

  • Japan Academy of Tourism Management
    Apr. 2024

■University education and qualification information

Qualifications, licenses

  • 1994