DMOs

Kaga City in Japan works together with Uber for a ride-sharing service managed by a local DMO

Kaga City in Japan works together with Uber for a ride-sharing service managed by a local DMO

Uber Japan partners with Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, for a ride-sharing service by a local government. 14 local residents who have passed training courses by Daiichi Koutsu Sangyo initially started the service as drivers.
The hotel occupancy rate in Kyoto City was 76.5% in June 2023 with more than half of international guests

The hotel occupancy rate in Kyoto City was 76.5% in June 2023 with more than half of international guests

the occupancy rate of 111 hotels in Kyoto City in June 2023 was down 4.3 points over May 2023 or up 22.2 points over June 2022 to 76.5%. The ratio of international guests was 51.2% of the total.
Only 20% of DMOs in Japan implement tourism-oriented CRM as a digital transformation effort

Only 20% of DMOs in Japan implement tourism-oriented CRM as a digital transformation effort

The latest JTB survey on DX finds that 43% of DMOs or local governments want to use TikTok or GoogleMyBuisness as tools to delivery information.
Japan Tourism Agency shows four pillars of how local tourism plays promote DX to improve destination management

Japan Tourism Agency shows four pillars of how local tourism plays promote DX to improve destination management

Japan Tourism Agency instructs how local tourism players should promote digital transformation in four pillars, showing the future vision, the current challenges, how to solve issues and also KPIs in FY2027.
Nissan ties up with local DMO in Aomori to create ‘easy camping car’ tours, expecting to solve the secondary transportation issue

Nissan ties up with local DMO in Aomori to create ‘easy camping car’ tours, expecting to solve the secondary transportation issue

Nissan, one of the leading automobile companies in Japan, tied up with ‘Clan PEONY Tsugaru,’ a local DMO in Aomori Prefecture, to test use of ‘NIssan Caravan’ as an easy camping car for city tours.
JNTO survey finds 40% of travelers from Taiwan and Hong Kong have visited Japan four times or more

JNTO survey finds 40% of travelers from Taiwan and Hong Kong have visited Japan four times or more

Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)'s survey finds that potential visitors to Japan are estimated at about 330 million out of the total population of 4.5 billion in 22 focus markets. About 40% of overseas travel experiences in Taiwan and Hong Kong have visited Japan four times or more.
JNTO research finds Tokyo Olympics 2020 motivates 390 million people in the world to visit Japan in the future

JNTO research finds Tokyo Olympics 2020 motivates 390 million people in the world to visit Japan in the future

JNTO announced results of its research on how Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics affected foreign people’s willingness to visit Japan, and ‘higher value-added travel,’ ‘sustainable tourism’ and ‘adventure tourism’ as its promotional focuses.
Okinawa Prefecture sells Okinawa to Japanese travelers as an alternative destination to overseas travel

Okinawa Prefecture sells Okinawa to Japanese travelers as an alternative destination to overseas travel

Okinawa Prefecture and Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB) promote to sell Okinawa to Japanese overseas travel lovers as an alternative destination to overseas travel in four categories of ‘America,’ ‘Hawaii,’ ‘Asia’ and ‘Ryukyu.'
Universal Studio Japan and tourism bodies in Osaka will jointly draw up a tourism strategy

Universal Studio Japan and tourism bodies in Osaka will jointly draw up a tourism strategy

Universal Studio Japan (USJ), Osaka Convention & Tourism Bureau and The Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry have signed an agreement on tourism regeneration in Osaka to draw up tourism vision and strategy.
Kyoto anticipates quick recovery of tourists in this autumn leaves season from low occupancy rate of 26.8% in August

Kyoto anticipates quick recovery of tourists in this autumn leaves season from low occupancy rate of 26.8% in August

Japanese guests in 100 hotels in Kyoto City were up 30.4% in August 2021 compared to a year ago or down 20.6% compared to two year ago. DMO KYOTO has foreseen that the occupancy rate will rise in November, the autumn leaves month, due to ease of travel restriction.
DMO KYOTO develops ‘Visit Intent Index’ based on accesses on five official websites, showing the bottom in April

DMO KYOTO develops ‘Visit Intent Index’ based on accesses on five official websites, showing the bottom in April

DMO KYOTO has developed ‘Visit Intent Index’ to measure tourists’ intents to visit Kyoto in a quantitative way. In December 2020, both of actual visitors and the visit intent index dropped to 60.7 and 67.1 because ‘Go To Travel’ program was tentatively suspended amid re-spread of COVID-19.
New JNTO Vice President talks about what it should do now for restart of inbound travel promotions

New JNTO Vice President talks about what it should do now for restart of inbound travel promotions

Akiko Yoshida, new Executive Senior Vice President at JNTO, talked about what JNTO can do now amid no inbound travel demand. Looking at the future, JNTO helps local communities create higher quality tourism contents.
Kyoto City delivers ‘Stay Home, Feel Kyoto’ movie contents to the world, giving chances to enjoy Kyoto at home

Kyoto City delivers ‘Stay Home, Feel Kyoto’ movie contents to the world, giving chances to enjoy Kyoto at home

Kyoto City delivers ‘Stay Home, Feel Kyoto’ movie contests to let people staying home enjoy unique history and cultures of Kyoto, such as Zen meditation lesson.
The Japanese government supports the tourism industry under the second emergency package against the novel coronavirus

The Japanese government supports the tourism industry under the second emergency package against the novel coronavirus

In response to spread of the novel coronavirus over Japan, the Japanese government hammered out the second emergency package valued at 1.6 trillion JPY, including a special loan package for small and middle-sized companies.
Major DMOs in western Japan work together to attract long stay international travelers

Major DMOs in western Japan work together to attract long stay international travelers

Setouchi DMO and Kyushu Tourism Promotion Organization signed an agreement on partnership for inbound travel promotions on September 2 2019.
The Japanese government clarifies roles of local DMO and JNTO for the inbound tourism policy

The Japanese government clarifies roles of local DMO and JNTO for the inbound tourism policy

The Japanese government has decided to clarify roles of local DMO and Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) as NTO (national tourism organization) for the inbound tourism policy to achieve the government’s goal of 60 million international visitors.