Residents’ Evaluations of the Tourism Gentrification Caused by Guesthouses in the Central Area of Kyoto City: A Case Study of Shutoku District in Kyoto City

Abstract

Abstract The results of this paper clarify that the residents evaluated the tourism-gentrification caused by guesthouses negatively in a case study of Shutoku District in the central area of Kyoto City. The tourism-gentrification caused by guesthouses is defined as a phenomenon in which traditional communities are destroyed as part of the process of tourism-related gentrification. Three points are confirmed by this research. First, gentrification occurred from 2015 to 2019. Second, the residents evaluated it negatively. Third, there is a possibility that residents and guesthouses can form a symbiotic relationship if methods such as the employment of ‘resident managers’ are utilised.