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Articles tagged “japan”

Tourism

Love of the hula drives Japanese visitors to Hawaii this season

Whether it's something soft-power related like soap operas in South Korea or Turkey, or something out of left field like hula, a destination can never control what visitors are going to love about it, but they should make it easy for visitors to indulge in it.

Allison Schaefers, Honolulu Star-Advertiser | 12 years ago

Tourism

Japan tourism board turns to Hello Kitty to assist and inspire visitors

Lots of tourism boards push apps, but how many can promise support from one of the world's most iconic cartoon characters?

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

Japan outbound tourism on a twelve-year high

Much of the increase is coming from travel to China, Taiwan, and South Korea out of Tokyo's new Haneda airport, but perennial favorits such as France and Spain are still popular.

Skift | 12 years ago

Airlines

Video: What Japan Airlines’ incredible turnaround means for the U.S. market

JAL's turnaround is as much about government assistance as it is smart business. JAL may be pinching pennies, but its reinvention is also owed to massive government loans, debt waivers, tax breaks, and pension cuts for formerly loyal employees.

Skift | 12 years ago

Uncategorized

Toyota to start trying out this car share thing with a pilot program across Japan

Toyota already has the real estate and the inventory, so why not test out this car share thing and see where the road takes it?

Neha Alawadhi, Reuters | 12 years ago

Tourism

Japan finally sees tourism numbers top pre-quake levels

Japan's June numbers were driven largely by inbound tourism from other parts of Asia, including Chinese attracted by eased visa requirements.

The Yomiuri Shimbun | 12 years ago

Tourism

How Japanese footballers fly: Middling Men in business, world-champion women in coach

It's relatively hard to justify sticking a team of poor performers in business and the World Cup champions in coach, but the Olympics provide plenty of opportunities for countries to show both their best and worst sides.

Just McCurry, The Guardian | 12 years ago

Tourism

Japan offers multiple-entry visas to wealthy Chinese visitors

Chinese tourists are allowed to stay in Japan for up to 90 days and can enter and leave the country multiple times -- as long as they spend at least one night per visit in one of three areas hard-hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Skift | 12 years ago

Tourism

The upside of traveling post-disaster is not just economic

Post-disaster tourism should always take its cues from locals as opposed to voluntarism business that feed off wealthy travelers' desire to "help."

Skift | 12 years ago