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June 2008, Tokyo - JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc (JTB GMT) remains number one among 63 travel companies for inbound tourists to Japan. The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism announced sales figures for major travel companies for fiscal year 2007 (April 2007 - March 2008) on May 20, 2008. While the JTB Group comprised over half of the total sales at 54%,  JTB GMT on its own finished with a commanding 41%, outnumbering the nearest competition by about three to one.
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1 JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc.
2 Kinki Nippon Tourist Ltd.
3 Nippon Travel Agency Co. Ltd.
4 JTB Western Japan Corp.
5 Top Tour Corp.
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25553 million yen
9156 million yen
5826 million yen
3661 million yen
2357 million yen |
The number of inbound tourists for Japan increased dramatically by 160 percent to 8.4 million in 2007.
Since 2003, when the Japanese government initiated the Visit Japan Campaign, a strategic program to promote inbound tourism. The mission of the program, whose catchphrase is "YOKOSO! JAPAN", is to attract "10 million foreign tourists to Japan by the year 2010." JTB Corp. has been contributing to the development of tourism for Japan since its founding in 1912. In 2005, almost a century later, the international travel division of JTB was spun off as its own company, JTB Global Marketing & Travel (JTBGMT), to further this effort, and today JTBGMT continues its parent company's tradition of know-how and hospitality gained from a hundred years of experience as a market leader. |
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 KOTO-OUSHU won the 2008 Summer Sumo Tournament, becoming the first European sumo wrestler to take the Emperor's Cup and the seventh foreign champion. Sunrise Sumo Tour was on site for the entire Summer Tournament and a total of 544 participated during the 15 day period. This popular program from Sunrise Tour began in 1997 and showed 135% growth in 2007 compared to the prior year. Some tours, such as SUMO TRAINING STABLE INSPECTION TOUR and SUNRISE SUMO TOUR & CHANKO DINNER - TOKYO TOURNAMENT, also offer a even closer look at the sport in addition to seats at the tournament. |
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