Analysis of Attitude of Islanders toward Use of a Passenger Boat Line in deficit - Case Study of the Rapid Passenger Boat Line Connecting the Osaki Kamijima Island to the Main Island -

Abstract

The rapid boat line has been operated through the Osaki Kamijima Island, which is located in the middle of the Seto-Inland Sea, to the mainland. Its service had once been decided to stop because of the decrease in its users but now is maintained, receiving the subsidy from the local government. Although validity of this subsidy or maintaining its service has to be assessed, the authors do not have fundamental data in order to assess it, for example its actual use condition and attitude of the islanders toward the line. Then, in this study, the authors try to reveal actual use condition of the rapid boat line and attitude of the islanders toward this line on the basis of questionnaire surveys.