Research On China-Japan-Korea Cruise Tourism Cooperation Based On Actor Network Theory

Economic globalization and regional cooperation have become the main trend of today’s social development.Cruise tourism has the advantages and inherent inevitability of regional cooperation because of its globalized node economy and significant scale effect.With the eastward shift of the world cruise market,cruise tourism in the Asia Pacific region is showing a trend of rapid growth.Although China,Japan and South Korea have the advantages and internal needs of cruise cooperation,the cooperation among them is still not deep and the related research is also scarce.This paper analysis of the development of the cruise industry and the status of the cooperation between China,Japan and South Korea with the guidance of ANT,aiming at seeking the cooperative mechanism for the cruise tourism of China,Japan and South Korea.First,the paper collects related literatures on cruise tourism and regional tourism cooperation to identify the research questions and theoretical basis of the article.Secondly,through the analysis of the present situation of cruise tourism cooperation among the three countries,we get the feasibility and necessity of the cruise tourism cooperation of China,Japan and South Korea.Third,with the guidance of ANT,we have identified the actors in the cooperation network and built the cruise cooperation actors network of China,Japan and South Korea through analysis of the problems and countermeasures in the process of translation.Finally,the cruise cooperation mechanism of China,Japan and South Korea is put forward from the three aspects of government,cruise enterprises and industry associations.