Articles tagged “japan”

Anyone traveling in or near the Pacific and parts of Asia should stay alert, stay flexible, and above all, stay safe.

Japan is eager to attract even more visitors, but effectively managing mass tourism is becoming just as important for the government as hitting its visitor targets.

Demographics drive Asia’s travel divide, with Japan favoring solo, traditional travel and India and China leaning mobile-first and family-focused.

As visitor numbers to Japan soar, so do the headaches. But despite a target of 60 million tourists a year by 2030, authorities aren’t afraid of adding a few hoops. The government’s betting visitors will come anyway.

Visiting Japan can be intimidating for foreigners, who tend to stick to the biggest cities. Hoshino Resorts hopes its new brand can lure some of them to the country's beautiful mountains.

Japanese officials believe they're taking steps to better manage visitor numbers at Mount Fuji. For now, Japan's tourism boom is showing no signs of slowing down.

Airbnb may have exited China’s domestic market, but it hasn’t walked away from Chinese travelers.

It’s a fascinating aircraft assortment worthy of an omakase tasting menu. ANA’s Japanese shopping spree gives us clues about the group’s longer-term direction. 

IHG CEO Elie Maalouf sees rich potential in many fragmented hotel markets, such as Europe and Japan, where independent hoteliers face mounting pressures from digital transformation.

On today’s podcast we discuss hotel CEOs and their business-first embrace of diversity, the ongoing airline crash investigation in Washington, D.C., and an Indian tourist boom in Japan.