FUKUI — Packing in students has led to big profits for an inexpensive inn run by the Fukui Municipal Government that was teetering on bankruptcy.
“Students are not influenced by economic trends, and as five or six of them stay in one room, the profit rate is higher than individual tourists,” said Eiji Nakanishi, sales director at Nihon Travel Center Co. in Osaka.
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