Tokyo Olympics / Para Paragliding Promotion Committee established for foreign tourists January 16 19:21
Aiming at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics six months later, a promotion meeting was organized by a group of businesses and persons with disabilities to make foreign tourists comfortable at accommodations and restaurants nationwide, and barrier-free. We exchanged opinions on issues to be advanced.
The promotion conference was organized by members of the accommodation and eating and drinking businesses throughout the country, as well as organizations for persons with disabilities. On the 16th, a symposium was held in Tokyo with stakeholders attending.
The Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism remarked in the meeting, saying, "We will work on what we can do in a timely manner and do something with a little ingenuity in order to create a community that is easy for foreigners and people with disabilities to use."
Opinions are exchanged on the theme of barrier-free, and representatives of organizations that operate information sites for people with disabilities publish photos on their homepage that show their stores' barrier-free support. Complained that it was important.
He also introduced the efforts of businesses that provide meals for Muslim foreigners, and examples of how to use speech translators to improve customer service.
Counselor Toshihiro Katayama of the Japan Tourism Agency, who is the secretariat of the Promotion Council, said, "I want to make sure that everyone with a diverse background can work without stress and leave it as a legacy."