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Fukui Prefectural Tourism Federation, having acquired Category-two travel license on July 15, set up a travel section called “Tour 291 (Fukui)” to sell Fukui-bound domestic tours. According to the account given by the Federation, it obtained Category-two, not Category-three, because it wanted to incorporate into package tours whatever tourism resources available all over the prefecture; otherwise, with Category-three, it is allowed to operate the tours only in limited areas. As soon as the tour products are lined up, it will embark on sales activities by proposing specific plans to consumers who are interested in a trip to Fukui.

To start with, it will publicize 11 tours with departures in September through November, aiming to collect over 500 travelers altogether. Many of them are day-trips operated on weekends and holidays to feature places that are little known hitherto to the public or places not easy to visit in traffic for FIT. Travel themes vary; there are historical tours to do Buddhism pilgrimage and visit Eiheiji Temple and Asakura-clan’s monuments, or gourmet tours in search of longevity, or hands-on tours to experience traditional Echizen paper making and lacquer ware manufacturing. Those tours are attended by local volunteer guides to convey original local flavor.

Sales promotion will start in the neighboring prefectures like Ishikawa, Gifu, and Aichi, says the Federation. In the meantime, it will talk to as many travel agencies as possible so that they display the tour brochures at their store shelves.

Source: Travel Vision

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