Japan has nearly restored the pre-tsunami tourist flow
A year and a half after the most severe natural disaster in
its history,
During his speech at a seminar on
For the upcoming winter season
Speaking of other positive trends, Mr. Shestak mentioned
dramatic increase in the number of online bookings of Japan-bound itineraries.
Some airlines started regular services to Japan: Aerofolot and S7 fly four
times weekly from
Valentin Shestak revealed JNTO's plans on closer cooperation
with Russian travel companies. In the nearest future the visitjapan.ru website
will be offering a training to help the agents sell Japanese tour product properly.
In 2012-2013 season the country is going to promote its tourist resources more
actively. This year, for the first time,
A spokesmen of consular department of Japanese Embassy in Russia
Nakamura Isamu shared that the consulate is working on facilitation of
application procedures for Russian tour operators. Among other thing, he noted,
the list of accredited companies will be extended. At the same time, the
Japanese side pointed out that in future it's going to receive applications
only from businesses registered as travel companies. "It hasn't yet been
announced officially, but we are looking at such opportunity" - specified
Nakamura Isamu, adding that today the consulate also accepts applications from
visa support firms.