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Accessible Tourism Promotion Seminar

Accessible Tourism Promotion Seminar 2022(September 2022 /webinar)

Tokyo Metropolitan government holds the Accessible Tourism Promotion Seminar for those involved in the tourism sector in order to provide knowledge on the basics and merits of accessible tourism, how to prepare for the diverse international guests, barrier-free mindsets and the approach to reasonable accommodation, and many more.
The digest versions of the past seminars are available to the public as well.
※This seminar is held in Japanese.

Travel tips for the visually impaired

This is a lecture about the difficulties visually impaired facing when traveling.
You can learn about various problems that we are usually unaware of and hints on how we can help.

Ryota Kataoka
Japanese Drum Player/Percussionist/Certified Social Worker
Music part-time teacher at Special Needs Education School for the Visually Impaired, University of Tsukuba

Travel tips for the hearing impaired

This is a lecture about the difficulties hearing impaired facing when traveling.
You can learn about how to communicate with and care for people with hearing impaired.

Yuka Maruya
JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc.
Purchasing & Product Planning Department
Merchandising & Marketing Division

Travel tips for wheelchair users

This is a lecture about the difficulties wheelchair users facing when traveling.
You can learn about the stories that make us realize important things like, "The person with the wheelchair users may not be the caregiver."

Yudai Hirano
JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc.
Purchasing & Product Planning Department
Merchandising & Marketing Division Leader

The difficulties sexual minorities facing when traveling

Consider the travel environment of sexual minorities based on research and analysis aimed at expanding universal tourism that includes sexual minorities.

KAORU ONODERA
Analyst
JTB Tourism Research Consulting Co.

The marketing and the future vision of accessible tourism

Consider the future vision of accessible tourism from the perspective of tourism marketing.

YUKO KATSUNO
Senior Consultant
Accessible Tourism Promotion Section
Consulting Division
JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.

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You can check the past seminar video (2021) from here

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Tokyo, a city that is accessible everywhere to anyone.

Sightseeing where you wish, as you wish.
This ability to travel anywhere you please makes life that much richer.

Tokyo welcomes your visit.
Here you can encounter tradition,
history, culture, nature, technology,
and, best of all, smiling faces.

Making tourism closer and more
enjoyable through accessible tourism.

tokyo is fit for all.