Tag: Japan National Tourism Organization
Japan steps up efforts to attract Middle East travellers amid rising...
Japan’s public and private sectors are expanding efforts to attract more visitors from the Middle East amid the rapid expansion of the region’s outbound...
Tourism Expo Japan 2025 kicks off in Aichi with regional tourism...
Tourism Expo Japan 2025, Japan’s largest B2B travel event and public travel festival, has opened for the first time in Aichi Prefecture, near Nagoya.
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JNTO appoints new executive director
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Singapore Office has named Kenji Yoshida as executive director. He succeeds Takuya Shiraishi, who has returned to JNTO headquarters...
Japan expands rural destination development project to broaden luxury tourism potential
Three more destinations – the foothills of Mount Fuji, Niigata, and Yamagata – have been added to the Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) and Japan...
Japan eyes India as key tourism growth market
Japan is focusing on India as a major growth market for tourism following a record number of arrivals from the country in 2024, driven...
Japan promotes Expo 2025 with new travel content and experiences
Japan is stepping up its international tourism promotion related to Expo 2025, which will be held in Osaka from April to October next year,...
Strong arrivals to Japan lift Asia-Pacific tourism performance
Japan is leading the recovery of international tourism in Asia-Pacific, with visitor numbers so far in 2024 exceeding pre-pandemic levels, according to Harry Hwang,...
Vietnam outbound power grows for Japan
Record numbers of Vietnamese travellers are holidaying in Japan, demonstrating the potential of the South-east Asian country as one of Japan’s key source markets.
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Intense demand, labour pains take Japan hotel rates higher
Hotel rates in Japan are soaring as the number of inbound tourists surges and the hospitality sector’s labour shortage continues to bite.
Attracted by the...
Sliding yen sparks joy in Singapore holiday seekers
As the Japanese yen continues to languish near a 34-year low, standing at 154.67 yen to one US dollar as of April 17, moods...
















