TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES "TOKYO TOURISM REPRESENTATIVE" IN TAIWAN AND MALAYSIA, COVERING BOTH THAILAND AND SINGAPORE, SYDNEY AND SEOUL TAKE ON NEW REPRESENTATIVES

TOKYO, Apr. 24, 2019 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --

Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau announced that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has established "Tokyo Tourism Representatives" in Europe, America, Australia and Asia for the purpose of promoting Tokyo as a premier destination for international leisure travel. The "Tokyo Tourism Representative" provides the latest media information and sales activities in Tokyo to local media and travel agencies, and attracts interest from local citizens, media and travel operators to Tokyo.

Recently, Tokyo Tourism Representatives have been set up in Taiwan and Malaysia, bringing to 14 the number of Tokyo Tourism Representatives appointed around the world. The Representative in Malaysia is the first Tokyo Tourism Representative in Southeast Asia and has administration over Thailand and Singapore as well. FLP YOMIKO MALAYSIA SDN. BHD. is appointed as the Malaysia Representative. JINN'S PUBLISHERS CO., LTD. is appointed as the Taiwan Representative. Tourism Garden Pty. Ltd. has been newly appointed as the Sydney Representative, and FINE ZONE has been newly appointed as the Seoul Representative.

The current list of Tokyo Tourism Representatives: https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/attach/201904225660-O1-7m5xKYej.pdf

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau will use the local network and knowledge acquired by the Tokyo Tourism Representatives to extend contribution to the Tokyo tourism promotion aiming to increase the number of tourists visiting Tokyo.

Source: Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau

--BERNAMA