Hello again kingway-ga,
Thank you very much for the clarification and your confidence in the
Google Answers researchers. It helps to know the context of your
question. I think the information I?ve collected will give you a good
overview of the extent of Japanese tourism in Phoenix and the
additional links to tour operator resources should give you a starting
point for continuing your research.
My research shows that Japanese tourism has suffered greatly in the
past few years and is just beginning to rebound from the scares caused
by 911, SARS and the Iraq war. The industry reports I?ve collected
will give you specific information about this. My research also shows
that Japanese tourism to the continental US has not progressed very
far from New York and the West coast golden triangle of Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Las Vegas. Promoting nature oriented tourism to the
Japanese is a fairly recent phenomenon. The information from the
Arizona Office of Tourism will be very helpful to give you a good
understanding of current trends.
As I mentioned in my clarification request, I haven?t been able to
find specific travel agencies or tour operators that include trips to
Phoenix. Nevertheless, the links I?ve included from tour operators and
civic organizations should give you a starting point if you want to
research this on your own. I think it also might be worthwhile to
contact the major hotels or resorts where Japanese tour groups might
spend the night to ask them if they can put you in contact with the
tour operators.
I hope that the information I?ve found will help you gauge the likely
success of a Japanese karaoke offering in Phoenix. I wish you well for
your enterprise.
~ czh ~
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JAPANESE TOURISM IN ARIZONA
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http://www.azot.com/travel/markets/2004%20Japan%20Market%20Update.doc
The Japanese Market, Leisure Travel Market Update 2004
Prepared by: Osamu Hoshino, Japan Market Representative for Arizona
Office of Tourism, July 1, 2004
For the past five to six years, Arizona has become a key destination
in the U.S. Mainland for the Japanese who seek ?nature? and ?soft
adventures?. The tour products to our region are definitely in many of
the tour catalogs in Japan. There is no question that our destination
products are on the shelves and they are available to the consumers.
In 2003, the declining trend continued due to SARS and the Iraq War,
however, it is now in recovery mode and already looking up in 2004.
According to TIA, the Japanese market has hit the bottom and is now in
the process of recovery. For the first three months of 2004, the
Japanese market was showing very healthy recovery. The total number of
arrivals of the first quarter from Japan showed a 17 percent increase
from the first quarter of 2003.
***** This is a 17-page report that gives a comprehensive overview of
Japanese tourism to Arizona. It provides lots of statistics and
information about Japanese tourism trends and strategies for
attracting Japanese tourists.
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http://www.azot.com/research/researchdocs.asp?catid=9
AZ International Visitation
http://www.azot.com/research/data/Overseas%20visitors%20to%20phoenix%202003.pdf
2003 Overseas Visitors to Phoenix
http://www.azot.com/research/data/japan.pdf
2003 Japan Visitor Profile
http://www.azot.com/travel/foreignreps.asp
Travel Industry Marketing ? Foreign Representatives
Osamu Hoshino
Market: Japan
Market Overview:
Phone: 801-266-3345
Fax: 801-262-9570
Email: osamu22@worldnet.att.net
***** The Arizona Office of Tourism provides excellent resources. The
above links are the most relevant to your questions regarding Japanese
tourism in Phoenix.
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http://www.phoenixcvb.com/travel/index.cfm
Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau
400 East Van Buren Street, Suite 600, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Carl Grupp, Director of Travel Industry Sales
Europe, Asia & Receptive Operators
PH: 602-452-6241
FAX: 602-253-4415
e-mail: cgrupp@visitphoenix.com
Information and Assistance for Travel Professionals
Travel Industry Sales assists wholesale tour operators worldwide with
developing Greater Phoenix itineraries including Scottsdale, Tempe,
Mesa, Sedona and Grand Canyon.
Japan
Fieldstar International
l853 Germania Avenue
Murray, UT 84123
Contact: Osamu Hoshino
PH: 801-266-3345
FAX: 801-262-9570
e-mail: osamu22@worldnet.att.net
***** These contacts at the Phoenix Convention and Visitors Bureau
should be able to help you with getting more detailed information
about Japanese tour operators.
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JAPANESE TOURISM TRENDS
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http://www.smithtravelresearch.com/SmithTravelResearch/default.aspx
Smith Travel Research (STR) is the lodging industry's leading
information and data provider. STR has the most comprehensive database
of hotel performance information ever compiled. Whether you're a hotel
owner or operator, management company, real estate consultant,
appraiser, lender or an entrepreneur looking for an investment
opportunity, you need reliable, objective and authoritative business
intelligence. You need great data. That's what Smith Travel Research
is all about.
***** This site offers some excellent free articles as wells as
focused market research reports for a fee.
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http://www.waksberg.com/research.htm
Tourism Research Links -- Research
***** This sites provides dozens of links for helping you with tourism research.
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http://www.tia.org/ivis/profile_japan.asp
Travel Industry Association
US VISITOR PROFILE: JAPAN
http://www.tia.org/press/pressrec.asp?Item=104
12/27/00
USA MOST POPULAR LONG-HAUL DESTINATION FOR JAPANESE TRAVELERS
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http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/about/us_promo_campaign/top_markets/survey_intl_travel.uk.html
Japan
In 2002, the total volume of Japanese travelers to the US exceeded 3.6
million. More than 3 million visitors came for leisure/VFR, an 83%
share of total visitors from Japan to the US. The Japanese market
delivered the largest volume of leisure and package travelers to the
country, and the lowest share of business travelers. The package
market saw the biggest decline between 2000 and 2002, down 38%.
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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20020423b4.htm
The Japan Times: April 23, 2002
Tourism industry courts Koizumi, Bush to boost international travel
Japanese travelers to the U.S. are the biggest-spending foreign
tourists. In 2000 alone, they spent nearly $14 billion in the U.S.
market. But cautious Japanese have stayed away from what used to be
their popular continental destinations of New York, Las Vegas and Los
Angeles since September.
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http://homepage2.nifty.com/nzw/material/vocanews/031001%20visa.html
Japan asks U.S. for continued visa-free entry by Japanese
Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at 15:00 JST
WASHINGTON ? Japan is asking the United States to continue to allow
visa-free entry for Japanese travelers after the U.S. tightens
passport rules in October 2004 as part of antiterrorism measures,
Japanese officials said Tuesday.
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JAPANESE TOUR OPERATORS
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http://www.visitcyprus.org.cy/ctoweb/ctowebsite.nsf/0/2fb86d6283c2fabbc2256a38002f046c/$FILE/Japanese%20T.O.%202004.pdf
Japanese Tour Operators 2004
***** I haven?t been able to determine who compiled this list and
whether these companies offer tours to the US.
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http://www.rsana.com/Pages/members.cfm
RSA is national non-profit trade association whose members include
major inbound Visit USA receptive tour operators and suppliers;
Regular Members are companies engaged in the management of receptive
tour services that are a registered U.S. corporation, partnership, or
company engaged primarily in providing wholesale receptive services to
non-U.S. members of the travel industry.
***** You will have to click on the links in order to review the
target market for each of the operators and then contact the ones that
say they specialize in Japanese tours.
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http://www.rsana.com/Pages/members_brief.cfm?id=367
All Vacations Of America
Services provided: Ad Hoc Group Tours, City Packages, Escorted
Scheduled Tours, FIT Services, Incentive Travel Programs, Meetings and
Conference Services. We have branch offices in L.A., Hawaii besides
New York City Headquarters and also a sales office in Tokyo, Japan.
We?re capable of making travel arrangements throughout North America.
We have done arrangements from Japanese Prime Minister to celebrity
artists as well as package tourists.
Company Contact Yasuhito Miyazono
General E-mail miyazono@ava-uas.com
Web Site N/A
Address 152 West 57th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY, 10019
Phone 212-757-6700
FAX 212-757-6737
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http://www.jtbusa.com/
J T B USA, Inc
JTB USA has evolved in order to expand and refine the capabilities we
have solidly established since 1964 as a major provider of
comprehensive travel services in the North American marketplace - the
focus of multinational travel.
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