inbound tourism

Travel Nov 23, 2008

Looking for ways to lure more visitors to these shores

by Tomoko Otake and Edan Corkill

What are people who work in the domestic tourism industry — from tour operators to inn owners to regional tourism promotion offices — doing to attract foreign visitors? Here are the voices of marketers from across Japan: Hokkaido's main visitors Have you heard rumors that Hokkaido ...

Life | WEEK 3 Oct 21, 2007

Get on the bus: An Asian neighbor's view of Japan

by Edan Corkill

Mr. Zhang, a businessman from Wuxi with a passing resemblance to Steve McQueen, is what his countrymen refer to as "a proud Chinese." Kicking pebbles outside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, where our tour bus has dropped us for a 30-minute wander, he announces, ...