Issue 61
The DITP has encouraged Thai hotel operators to invest in Japan where increasing tourism has driven the demand for more hotels, DITP director general Malee Choklumlerd said on November 25, 2016.
The Thai Trade Office in Hiroshima reported that in the past few years, the number of foreign visitors to Japan has increased rapidly, resulting in a shortage of hotel rooms especially in Kyushu and Okinawa.
“Fukuoka, in the centre of Kyushu island, lacks large plots of land for big hotels, therefore it is easier to set up city hotels or small hotels,” said Choklumlerd, adding that boutique hotels are also another potential business investment.
According to a DITP report around four million tourists visited Kyushu and Okinawa in 2015, up 73% on the previous year.
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