本书主要研究地震灾害对日本及中国旅游业的影响，探索旅游业在面对地震灾害时的应急准备策略。对于中国旅游市场，主要从游客视角来了解游客对灾害的认知；日本方面则主要从酒店住宿业的视角，了解其应急准备现状及影响因素。本书旨在为旅游企业、政府及相关组织在地震灾害应急准备决策方面提供参考。

Chapter 1 Introduction/1 1.1 Tourism/2 1.2Disasters and disaster preparedness/4 1.3 Study sites/4 1.4 Tourism development in Japan and China/5 1.5 Earthquake disasters in Japan and China/8 1.6Problem statement/11 1.7 Research objectives and structure/15 Chapter 2 Literature review/24 2.1 Disaster's impact on tourism/24 2.2Tourism disaster management/30 2.3Conclusion/35 Chapter 3 Sensitivity of tourism demand to huge earthquakes/37 3.1 Objectives/37 3.2 Methods/38 3.3 The Great East Japan Earthoquake/41 3.4The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake/50 3.5Discussion/53 Chapter 4 The impact of disasters on Japan's inbound tourism demand/55 4.1 Objectives/55 4.2Data and methods/57 4.3Empirical analysis/62 4.4Results/66 4.5Conclusion/72 4.6Discussion/73 Chapter 5 An analysis of tourist perception and attitude toward disasters: A case study of recent Chinese large earthquake disasters/75 5.1 Objectives/75 5.2 Study sites/78 5.3Data and methods/78 5.4Data analysis and results/89 5.5 Conclusion and discussion/95 Chapter 6 Tourism sector preparedness in the zone with high seismic risk: A case study of the National Capital Region of Japan/100 6.1Objectives/100 6.2Tokyo inland earthquake disaster