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A resort town, often called a resort city or resort destination, refers to an area where tourism or vacationing is the primary component of the local culture and economy. A typical resort town contains one or more actual resorts in the surrounding area, though there are some instances where a resort town simply describes a locale popular among tourists. A resort town also refers to either an incorporated or unincorporated contiguous area where the ratio of transient rooms, measured in bed units, is greater than 60% of the permanent population.〔http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/ftp/Mountain_Resorts/external/!publish/Web/transition_report.pdf〕 Generally, tourism is the main export in a resort town economy, with most residents of the area working in the tourism or resort industry. Shops and luxury boutiques selling locally themed souvenirs, motels, and unique restaurants often proliferate the downtown areas of a resort town. In the case of the United States, resort towns were created around the late 1800s and early 1900s with the development of early town-making.〔Crewe, Katherine. "Chandler's Hotel San Marcos: The Resort Impact On A Rural Town." Journal Of Urban Design 16.1 (2011): 87-104. Academic Search Premier. Web. 3 Nov. 2014.〕 Consistent, however, throughout many resort towns includes elements of ambitious architecture, romanticizing a location, and dependence on cheap labor.〔 ==Resort town economy== If the resorts or tourist attractions are seasonal in nature (such as a ski resort), resort towns typically experience an ''on-season'' where the town is bustling with tourists and workers, and an ''off-season'' where the town is populated only by a small amount of local year-round residents. In addition, resort towns are often popular with wealthy retirees and people wishing to purchase vacation homes, which typically drives up property values and the cost of living in the region. Sometimes, resort towns can become boomtowns due to the quick development of retirement and vacation-based residences.〔(Nevada Commission on Tourism )〕 However, most of the employment available in resort towns are typically low paying and it can be difficult for workers to afford to live the area in which they are employed.〔Thrane, Christer. "Earnings differentiation in the tourism industry: Gender, human capital and socio-demographic effects." Tourism Management 29.3 (2008): 514-524.〕 Many resort towns have spawned nearby bedroom communities where the majority of the resort workforce lives. Resorts towns sometimes struggle with problems regarding sustainable growth, due to the seasonal nature of the economy, the dependence on a single industry, and the difficulties in retaining a stable workforce.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MATR News: Resort towns struggle with growth )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「resort town」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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