JTB Group announced its financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2025. Sales increased by 2.4% from the previous year to 522.3 billion yen, but…
The Chinese government announced that from November 30, 2024, visa exemption measures will be expanded to 38 countries, with the addition of nine countries including Japan. The visa-free stay period…
Okinawa Prefecture has finalized plans for a system design in preparation for the introduction of an accommodation tax, including a flat tax rate of 2% per person per night. We…
Ranking of hot spring spots with increasing number of searchers on Yahoo! Search. 1st place goes to Shirabu Onsen in Yamagata Prefecture with a growth rate of 123.8%. Among search…
The Green Tokyo Study Group has started the fifth social experiment of the web service "TOKYO OASIS", which proposes a comfortable walk around town, in the Otemachi, Marunouchi, and Yurakucho…
Ama Town, Shimane Prefecture, is a decentralized autonomous organization in which the residents of Ama Town and related populations will become an organization that contributes to the promotion of "collaboration…
The Japan National Tourism Organization is increasing efforts to attract Korean tourists to Ishikawa, Fukui, Toyama, and Niigata with the aim of recovering from the Noto Peninsula earthquake. Approximately 100…
The G7 Tourism Ministers' Meeting will be held for the first time in Florence, Italy from November 13th to 15th, 2024. Discussed and compiled a communique on sustainable tourism, AI…
At COP29, held in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, more than 50 governments signed a declaration of action to make the global tourism industry more environmentally friendly. The United Nations praised it…
The Japan Travel Agents Association (JATA) jointly held a group travel sales contest with the Hawaii Tourism Bureau Japan Branch (HTJ) and Meet Hawaiʻi (Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau). The…