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Japan’s mission to boost the number of overseas visitors suffered a setback last weeks after hundreds of hoteliers and inn owners said they would turn away foreign guests. Many cited language problems, while others said they did not have the facilities for foreign guests, although what that actually meant wasn’t specified. Some said they […]
Introduction
Original article: “Dubai promotes Ramadan to Japanese” was posted on traveldailynews.com in September last year and written by Michael Verikios.
The article elaborates on a marketing and promotional initiative of the Dubai Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM), which aimed at increasing the number of overseas visitors to Dubai during the Holy Month of Ramada by […]
eTN, Mar 03, 2008
Foreign visitors have always flocked to old tourist spots in Japan, such as Kyoto, the Sapporo Snow Festival, hot-springs baths and Mount Fuji. But these days, they’re also checking out new offbeat ways to experience Japan, such as ninja classes, a geeky pop culture in Tokyo’s Akihabara gadget district and […]
eTN, Jan 31, 2008
Following the onslaught of economic woes and banking losses in so-called “matured” economies and as Asian behemoths China and India becomes world economic powerhouses, is the world finally seeing the emergence of an ‘Asian Decade’.
According to a study by the Institute of Management Development, in its 2007 World Competitiveness Year […]
Asiatraveltips.com, 20 September 2007Contiki Holidays, a leader in vacations for 18-35 year-olds, has found that more women than men are travelling around the world according to the number of tour bookings made in the first six months of this year.Seven out of every ten tour bookings at the company were made by a female […]
TTGasia.com, Jun 29 – Jul 5, 2007 Tokyo has a major new tourist area following the completion of a massive urban redevelopment project.Tokyo Midtown covers 10 hectares and includes the city’s tallest skyscraper, a luxury hotel, two new museums and scores of shops and restaurants. It is less than a kilometre from the popular […]
THE ASAHI SHIMBUN, 06/26/2007Japan plans to join forces with the Chinese and South Korean governments to attract more tourists from the United States and Europe, sources said Monday.Tetsuzo Fuyushiba, minister of land, infrastructure and transport who is also in charge of promoting tourism, will meet his counterparts from Beijing and Seoul on Tuesday in […]
eTN, 11-6-2007Amid the continuing underperformance from Japanese tourists, Australia’s tourism industry should remain committed to this market, the Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) said Wednesday. The ATEC was responding to the latest figures from Tourism Research Australia, which showed that Japanese tourist numbers fell 7.7 percent to 582,000 in the year ended March 2007. […]
eTN, 14-12-2006With 600,000 people in Asia dying prematurely from air pollution each year, the continent’s major cities face a key challenge in reducing the daunting figure, according to a new United Nations-backed report: although vehicle emissions are being reduced, the volume of vehicles is rising rapidly.The UN – study, Urban Air Pollution in Asia […]
