Wednesday, January 25, 2023: Kick off 2023 as a year of great progress!

With three years of self-restraint due to the COVID-19 pandemic coming to an end, we can expect a full-scale return of inbound tourism in 2023.
In light of this situation, the Japanese government has positioned inbound tourism as a pillar of its future national strategy, seeing it as the only policy leveraging the weak yen. As a benchmark, it has set a goal of achieving 5 trillion yen in consumption as soon as possible. Public agency budgets for next fiscal year have also seen significant increases, including a 40% increase to a total budget of 181.4 billion yen, 255.5 billion yen for tourism-related matters at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and 12.3 billion yen for visit Japan promotion, a 1.9-fold increase from last year.

The Association also views next fiscal year as an opportunity to proactively develop its business.

This regular meeting was a kickoff meeting for business development, with a particular focus on business bidding.

Participants will consolidate their strengths, form a member consortium, and create a framework for joint participation in future proposed bidding projects. Based on the results of a survey submitted by members at this regular meeting, we will provide individual information on this matter.