Kumiko Tomikawa
Professor
the Faculty of Commercial Sciences, Hiroshima Shudo University

１． The Hotel Business Act and Minpaku

　“Minpaku” is the Japanese term for providing rooms in private houses as accommodation. In itself, minpaku is not ille...

Yoshitaka MIZOO
Director
the Japan Travel Bureau Foundation

Introduction

　In Japan, the trend towards the use of inbound tourism to drive regional revitalization is increasing in strength. Against the background of an increasing number of overseas...

―Orientations for the Promotion of Tourism and the Revitalization of Regional Areas
as Japan seeks to Attract 30 Million Foreign Tourists per Year―

Yasushi Shinohara
Associate Professor
the Faculty of Tourism and Community Studies, Atomi Univers...