Japan will cohost the 14th World Tourism Organization general assembly with South Korea this fall, at which it will look for ways to revive its own sluggish tourism industry.

The biennial assembly, gathering representatives from about 140 countries, will be held in two parts — in Seoul from Sept. 24 to 27 and in Osaka from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1.

Japan's tourism industry fared poorly last year amid the ongoing economic downturn.