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The , JTA, is an organization which was set up on October 1, 2008 as an
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of the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism The , abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.国土交通省設置法 ...
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications The is a cabinet-level ministry in the Government of Japan. Its English name was Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications (MPHPT) prior to 2004. It is housed in the 2nd Building of the Central Common Government Of ...
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Background of establishment

Japan Tourism Agency seated itself with intentions to stimulate
local economies Community-based economics or community economics is an economic system that encourages local substitution. It is similar to the lifeways of those practicing voluntary simplicity, including traditional Mennonite, Amish, and modern eco-village comm ...
and to further international mutual understanding, following legislation of Basic Act on Promotion of Tourism Nation (in December 2006, to wholly revise Tourism Basic Act), committee resolutions in both Houses of the Diet in the legislation process, and decision at a Cabinet meeting of Basic Plan (in June 2007)観光立国推進基本計画
, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. which was drawn as provided by the Basic Act. One legal basis of the Agency is Act for Establishment of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The two committee resolutions (of almost the same contents) are made by the Committee on Land and Transport of each House of the Diet, to point out eight issues on which the government should take appropriate measures when it enforces the Basic Act. In the issue No. 8 it was stated that the government should make efforts to set up tourism agency or so. In the Basic Plan, five fundamental targets are set, whose substances are, respectively, to increase the number of: :a. foreign tourists visiting Japan; :b. international meetings held in Japan; :c. nights for stay in accommodations per one Japanese during domestic sightseeing tours; :d. Japanese tourists to overseas; :e. expenditure in Japan on sightseeing tours. All the five targets each have numerical value. Many among the total of 25 various targets each have some numerical value.


Departments

* General Affairs Division * Tourism Industry Division * International Tourism Policy Division * International Exchange Promotion Division * Tourism Area Promotion Department


See also

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Japan National Tourism Organization The , JNTO, provides information about Japan to promote travel to and in the country. It was established in 1964 and its headquarters are in Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. The JNTO operates Tourist Information Centers (TICs) as well as a website. ...
*
Itaru Ishii is an international consultant. He is the President of Ishii Brothers' Co., located in Tokyo, Japan, an independent consulting firm and licensed publisher. Personal He was born in Hokkaido in 1965. He graduated from the University of Tokyo Medica ...


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2008 establishments in Japan Tourism agencies Government agencies established in 2008