| Association
Name： |
Toyohashi Visitors &
Convention Association |
| Office: |
Toyohashi Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Building, 42-1 Ishizuka-aza, Hanada-machi,
Toyohashi-shi |
| Established: |
April 15, 1997 |
| Supporting
Members: |
Approximately 450 Organizations and Businesses
(as of April 2005) |
| TEL： |
0532-54-1484 |
| FAX： |
0532-54-2220 |
| URL： |
www.honokuni.or.jp/toyohashi/ |
| MAIL： |
toyohashi@honokuni.or.jp |
| President:
|
Naohide Isomura
(Deputy President of the Toyohashi Chamber
of Commerce and Industry) |
| Purpose: |
The Association was established with the
aim of further enhancing international understanding
through the vitalization of regional industries
and advanced culture and learning. This will
be achieved by making use of the large number
of tourist attractions in the area for promoting
tourism and convention opportunities
(Article 3 of Association Regulations) |
| Core
Activities: |
1. Be in a position to attract tourism
and conventions |
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Seek understanding and cooperation as a
city for tourism and conventions. Activities
related to creating a consensus |
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Activities related to attracting tourism
and conventions |
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Activities related to accepting tourism
and conventions |
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Views and proposals on environmental issues
as a city for tourism and conventions (Promotional
Activities for Maintaining Tourism and Convention
Facilities) |
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Affiliations with businesses involved with
tourism and conventions (Accommodation, Dining,
Transport, and Commerce) |
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2. Discovering and Creating New Local
Tourist Attractions |
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Investigating ways to reconstruct, fully
utilize, and inform people of native tourist
attractions |
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Creation and showcasing of local products |
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Establishing extensive tourist routes around
the entire Higashi Mikawa region |
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3. Creating and Supporting Regional Traditions
and Events |
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Co-sponsorship of Hono no Saiten / Fire
Festival |
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Creation of new events |
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4. Regional Promotional Campaigns
(using visuals from regional resources) |
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Provision of tourist and regional information |
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Activities to attract tourism (requests
for performing groups) |
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Proactive promotional campaigns through
the support of travel agencies |
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Write-ups in national magazines |
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5. Activities Leading to Recognition
as a city for International Tourism and Conferences |
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The Law Stipulating the Promotion of International
Tourism through Attracting and Holding of
International Conferences (Convention Law:
Ministry of Transport, 1994) |
| Objectives: |
1. The entire region should act as a base
for the exchange of people, artifacts, and
information |
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2. Intensify efforts for the promotion of
tourism |
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3. Discover new tourist, cultural, and historical
relics for use as regional resources |
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4. Intensify the spread of tourist information
to enhance exchange within the region |
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5. Create regional tourism resource models
and form basic schedule of implementation |
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6. Create regional districts that can meet
the diverse requirements of tourism |
