The 15th Kansai International Airport Tourism Exhibition, the largest 
international tourism exhibition in Kansai, Japan, was held at Osaka's Kansai 
International Airport from May 18 to 19, 2019. Highlighting "Beautiful China" 
at this year's exhibition, the China exhibition area covered 90 square meters, 
featured the "integration of culture and tourism", showcased the unique charm 
and China's rich and colorful tourism resources in an all-round way including 
an interactive experience area to engage with visitors.

At the invitation of the Chinese tourism authority's office in Osaka, Beijing 
culture and tourism bureau organized a number of local tourism enterprises to 
attend the exhibition, where they briefed visitors on Beijing's latest cultural 
and tourism development policies and facilitation measures. They offered 
visitors publicity materials and souvenirs about Beijing with in-depth 
promotion of the city's extensive and profound cultural heritage and rich and 
diverse tourism resources, elevating local people's interest in Beijing tourism 
and expected to help further expand inbound tourism market in Beijing by 
Japanese tourists. 

The Beijing culture and tourism authority also held a public day about 
"Charming Beijing" on May 19 and 20 at the JR Station, where the traffic is 
concentrated. A variety of interactive experience activities were carried out 
on site, including hand-painted Peking Opera facial make-up, hand-painted 
circular fans, calligraphy and ancient costumes. Many Japanese citizens and 
local tourists actively participated in these activities and filled in 
questionnaires about their demand for the Beijing tourism market, which are 
designed to improve marketing to bring more Japanese tourists into the capital 
of China.

The Beijing delegation also went to the Osaka Branch of JTB Travel Agency, a 
global inbound tourism partner with Beijing, where they learned about the 
release of Beijing culture and tourism promotional materials and conducted 
discussions and exchanges. 

Beijing received 248,000 trips from Japanese tourists in 2018, up 2.7 percent 
year on year, according to statistics. Japan ranks second only to the United 
States in the source market for inbound tourism to Beijing.

Source: Beijing Culture and Tourism Bureau

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