Kyoto Opens Nijo Castle for Meetings and Events
In Japan, Kyoto’s third-most popular tourist attraction, Nijo Castle, is now available for meetings and events through its official DMC, The J Team. The venue, a UNESCO World Heritage site, will be available for gala dinners, drinks receptions and parties. Nijo Castle was built in 1602 by Tokugawa Ieyasu before being used by […]
Japanese city targets incentive travel
Kumamoto officials launch subsidy for groups of 30 or more Representatives from a Japanese city’s convention bureau have recently returned from promotional meetings with incentive travel organisers in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Kumamoto International Convention and Tourism Bureau officials have been highlighting the city’s new incentive travel subsidy. The city, in Japan’s […]
Fukuoka City ranked second in Japan for meetings
In the recently released 2012 statistics and rankings by the Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO), a governmental body under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Fukuoka City was, once again, ranked second in Japan with a total of 252 meetings. This means the city has captured this position for the last 4 consecutive […]