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Japan doesn’t like foreign tourists!

Introduction

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 [...]

Dubai promotes Ramadan to Japanese

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 [...]

JAPAN – From Mount Fuji to manga: Pop culture ignites a tourist boom

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 [...]

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS – ‘Asian Decade’ emerging under the dark clouds of world economic woes

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 [...]

MARKETS – More Asian Women aged 18 to 35 Travelling Abroad

Asiatraveltips.com, 20 September 2007

Contiki 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 [...]