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Tokyo Woos Russian Travelers to Japan

2018-01-24 by Argophilia Travel News

This week Moscow hotel “Radisson Slavyanskaya” held an event for the travel agencies and the media, and organized a new office for the promotion of tourism in Tokyo, for Russia under the motto “In Tokyo. A Meeting of Old and New.

Tags: Japan, Radisson Slavyanskaya, Russia, Russia outbound, Russia travelers, Russian tourists, Russians, Tokyo

Japanese Businesses Target Russia’s Primorsky Krai Region

2012-11-05 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Russia’s Primorsky Krai (or Primorye) region is quite a gem of the Federation. Located in the Far East coastal region of the Russian Federation, not only is it a tourism magnet with its neighboring Sea of Japan, well established ecotourism segment, rich wildlife, including the majestic Siberian tiger, and other-world attractions such as the massive Sikhote-Alin […]

Tags: Far East Russia, Japan, Niigata Prefecture, Primorsky Krai, Primorye, Russia, tourism collaboration

Japan’s JTB Moves to Expand?

2012-10-29 by Phil Butler

JTB's Sunrise Tours on Facebook - Don't let the sun set guys, beef up SM

One of the world’s largest travel companies, JTB Group, has signed a deal with emerging tech company llusions Online to enhance the Japanese company’s World Travel eXchange system.

Tags: Asia travel, China, China travel, deals, group travel, Illusions Online, India outbound, India travel, Japan, Japan inbound, Japan travel

Fukushima Tourism Struggles On

2011-05-12 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Fukushima mountains

Family and friends of the Ryan family from Florida thought they were crazy.  “You’ll come back glowing bright green,” they said. “You’ll die.” “You must be insane,” they were told. But the Ryans were resolute in their determination to stick to their original schedule as planned – Fukushima in Japan. And now, looking out over […]

Tags: Florida, Fukushima, Fukushima Dai-Chi, Fukushima tourism, Fukushima tourist numbers, Fukushima travel, Golden Week, Golden Week Japan, Japan, journey to Fukushima, Land of the Rising Sun, Masako Miakate, mini Mount Fuji, Mount Azuma-Kofuji, Sanae Watanabe, Seiichi Miakate

Guardian Leverages Google Power for Trip Advisory Map

2011-04-22 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Guardian Fusion Tables FCO Travel Advisory

The Guardian News Datablog has come up with an interesting way to display travel warnings issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), using Google’s Fusion Tables.  “The world according to Britain’s diplomats” gives you a visual picture of the world’s most troubling travel hotspots, at least according to the UK government. The most dangerous […]

Tags: British citizens, embassy, FCO, Guardian, hotspots, Iran, Japan, Philippines, Russian Federation, travel advisory, United States, Venezuela, warnings

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