- The total number of tourists who visited the
city’s 31 major tourist spots was approximately 19.44 million
in FY 2004 and approximately 24.95million in FY 2005, which represents
a significant year-on-year increase of 28.4%,most likely due to
the opening of V illaggio Italia (in the Port of Nagoya), hosting
of The ”New Century” - Nagoya Castle Exhibition, and visitors
to EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan who also visited the city’stouristspots.By
placeofresidence,the largest group of visitors were those from
Nagoya City (36.7%), followed by those from the rest of Aichi
prefecture (26. 2%),and thosefrom Gifu,Mieor Shizuoka Prefectures
(15.0%), showing that most of the visitors came from the Tokai
region.
- The city is multiplyingits efforts to attracttourists
by improving its image through promoting industrial tourism, film
commission initiatives (supporting film and video production in
its area) and other measures. With respecttoindustrialtourism,privatetravel
agency started to offer sightseeing bus tours (with stops at industrial
tourist spots in the city and its surrounding areas) in October
2006, with the support of the Nagoya Convention and Visitors Bureau
in planning these tours. As for film commission initiatives, the
city supports film and video production in its area through the
Nagoya Location Navi, which has supported more than 100 productions
since its creation.
- On Saturday, April 29, 2006, the city started
to offer Nagoya SightseeingRouteBus services,with stops at the
city’s tourist spots and other destinations of interest to tourists.
T hese bus services are designed to improveaccess tosuch places
and enhance the attractiveness of sightseeing in Nagoya.
- The city has tourist information desks at three
locations:Kanayama Station, JR Nagoya Station concourse, and Oasis
21 in Sakae. Meanwhile, another tourist information desk was set
up at Central Japan International Airport jointly by the city,
Aichi, Gifu, Mie, Shizuoka and Fukui Prefectures to provide tourists
with information about these areas.
- The number of international conventions held
in the city in 2005 was 236, putting it third in the nation. By
category, the most frequent were those in the fields of science,
technology and nature (33%), followed by those in the fields of
politics, economy and law (18%) and those in the fields of arts,
culture and education(14%).
- As
competition to attract international conventions intensifies with
other cities in Japan and the world, especially within Asia, the
city is stepping up efforts to attract and support international
conventions that make the best use of the characteristics of the
Greater Nagoya Area, the hubofmonozukuri(making things).
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