G20 Tourism Ministerial Meeting Opening today in Hokkaido October 25th, 4:29
The G20 Ministerial Meeting in charge of the tourism field will begin in Hokkaido on the 25th, and will exchange opinions on tourism issues such as how to balance the development of the tourism industry with the protection of nature and cultural properties.
This is the first G20 ministerial meeting in the field of tourism, which will be held for two days from 25th in Kutchan, Hokkaido, in the Niseko area.
As each country puts effort into the tourism industry, the rapid increase in tourists is affecting the environment and ecosystems, causing traffic congestion and noise problems.
For this reason, tourism issues such as how to balance the development of the tourism industry and the protection of nature and cultural properties and the so-called “overtourism” that causes troubles with local residents due to the rapid increase in tourists We are going to discuss about.
On the 25th day of the first day, discussions will be held at the practitioner level, and on the 26th, a ministerial level meeting will be held to adopt a ministerial declaration summarizing the outcomes of the discussions.
In addition, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Akabane plans to meet with the minister in charge of tourism in Korea individually, and hopes to exchange opinions so that the impact will not expand as the number of Korean tourists visiting Japan decreases due to the deterioration of Japan-Korea relations. .