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Target high-end tourists: hotels head

Wooing the high-end tourist market, especially travelers from China, South Korea and Taiwan, is key to achieving the government's goal of attracting 20 million foreign visitors annually by 2016, the head of Japan's hotel association said Friday. Yutaka... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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