JAPAN has flagged plans to use its smaller ports to attract more international cruise ships in light of a rising demand from around the world to cruise to its shores. The Japanese Government has laid down the target of five million inbound cruise visitors by 2020, with the current most...
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JAPAN has flagged plans to use its smaller ports to attract more international cruise ships in light of a rising demand from around the world to cruise to its shores.
The Japanese Government has laid down the target of five million inbound cruise visitors by 2020, with the current most popular destinations including Hakata in Fukuoka and Naha in Okinawa.
However, smaller ports such as Hitachinaka Port in Ibraraki Prefecture and Toshiyuki Sakakibara of Ibaraki Prefecture will look to play an increasing role as cruise destinations.
Despite the number of cruise ship visitors to Japan in 2018 dropping by 3.3% to 2.4 million, the number of cruise ship visits increased by 5.9% year-on-year to a record high of 2,928.
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