On January 29, Ube, a reporter of “Exhibition and MICE” visited the Grand Prince Hotel – New Takanawa in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
He was there because Okinawa Kick-Off Project 2013, “Okinawa Tourism & MICE Contents Fair in Tokyo ~ All OKinawa Great Exhibition” took place there.
This event was planned to have booths from the prefecture’s tourist resources and facilities or MICE suppliers. It was to suggest their new travel information and MICE menu. This event was held about the same time every year in the last few years.
The fair was composed of 3 areas; “Local Tourism Area,” “Special Tourism Area,” “MICE area.”
There were full of information on the Shin-Ishigaki airport which is scheduled to open in March, new sightseeing proposals for school trips, MICE venues proposals that utilize nature in the surrounding remote islands, MICE programs integrated with Okinawa’s local culture or food, and urban or resort hotels in Okinawa.
Ms. Yoriko Teruya, a staff at the bureau’s domestic promotion section, commented, “We hope visitors can feel the evolution of Okinawa.”