2024/8/23

On Friday, August 9, the Tourism Department of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's Kinki District Transport Bureau—the same Bureau with whom Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (KUFS) has concluded a comprehensive cooperation agreement —released a revised version of the Kansai Tourism Action Plan in Preparation for Expo 25 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. It now includes said agreement between KUFS and the Bureau.

The Action Plan was established by three parties: the Kinki Regional Development Bureau, the aforementioned Kinki District Transport Bureau, and the Kansai Tourism Bureau. It positions the upcoming Expo as an ideal opportunity to reinvigorate Kansai-region tourism and transport functions, establishing general stances on and important measures and projects to be carried out under national-government support and leadership. The latest revisions to the Action Plan promote an integrated approach for tourism and transport measures in order to accelerate transport endeavors in four added areas , which will bring together different parts of the region and bolster Kansai tourism based on a "Great Place to Live, Great Place to Visit " mindset. As part of these endeavors, the comprehensive agreement between KUFS and the Kinki District Transport Bureau have been incorporated into the Action Plan (as education and tourism promotion measures between the agreement signatories).

Related Links
Kansai Tourism Action Plan in Preparation for Expo 25 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (on the Kinki District Transport Bureau website)
"KUFS Signs Comprehensive Coordination and Cooperation Agreement with the MLIT Kinki District Transport Bureau"

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