On January 25, officials from Oita Prefectural Government came to our office and we exchanged opinions on tourism promotion in Australia. In Oita prefecture, visitors from abroad have been increasing steadily, with tourists mainly coming from East Asia in recent years, but officials would like to increase visitors from a variety of different countries and regions. As Oita will be one of the venues for the 2019 Rugby World Cup (RWC), hosting matches for the Wallabies and All Blacks, they hope to be able to attract many tourists through this major sporting event. While in Sydney, they also visited a number of different travel agencies. We introduced a number of local events in Sydney where CLAIR has exhibited to promote inbound tourism to Japan. We will continue to support Oita’s efforts both in Australia and New Zealand.
