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Sightseeing + Medical Check Up Tourism Targets Wealthy Chinese

MasPoster — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:27:36 +0000

As the economy of China grows, the number of wealthy Chinese who can afford overseas holidays and top medical care also grows.

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Japan, a close neighbor of China, is trying to capture part of these markets in one go. Nishinippon Shimbun (West Japan Newspaper) reports that the Japan Tourism Agency is pushing for travel tours that combine sightseeing and medical treatment to wealthy Chinese tourists. They are promoting tours that offer travelers its advanced medical technology in diagnostics and treatments, at the same time, its famous therapeutic elements such as Japanese food and Japanese hot springs.

For fiscal 2010, their focus is on the China. They are planning to gathering information such as awareness and expectations about medial tourism in Japan and invite the media and travel agencies to visit Japanese medical facilities. Already there are plans to make information such as list of medical institutions that accept foreigners available to related parties, and investigating the possibility of a “Medical Visa”.

Naruto Strait, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Some local governments have already started their own programs. Tokushima Prefecture, in the eastern part of the Shikoku Island in Japan, already started pilot tours in late March. The tours features sightseeing to the famous whirling tides in the Naruto Strait (Japanese: 鳴門海峡), low calorie delicacy from local ingredients and diabetes screening tests.

Naruto Whirlpools

According to the Planning Division of the Prefecture Tourism Board, participants highly appreciated the smooth tests, they wanted to increase the type of medical tests available, however, there was not enough information or guide books in Chinese.

Yukio Hatoyama (Japanese: 鳩山由紀夫)

This is part of the New Growth Strategy announced by the Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama (Japanese: 鳩山由紀夫) on 31 Dec 2010. The target is to see 25 million foreign tourists to Japan from year 2020; and grow 30 million foreign tourists in the future.

Japan Tourism Agency, established on 01 Oct 2008, is an extra-ministerial bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan.

Image Attribution:
NarutoStrait.jpg: Chris 73: CC-BY-SA-2.5
Naruto_Whirlpools_taken_4-21-2008.jpg : Hellbuny: CC-BY-SA-3.0

China Nanjing Aquarium Opens New Jellyfish Exhibit, Asia’s Best In Variety and Effect

MasPoster — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:17:42 +0000

“Nanjing underworld” an aquarium in Nanjing, China, has already an existing sea aquarium,a dolphin aquarium and polar bear exhibit, opens a new jellyfish exhibit to the public on the 28th January 2010.

The 8 million yuan investment boost Asia’s best jellyfish exhibit of over a dozen varieties housed in tanks with various effects. Some are being shown for the first time in China.

The aquarium opens daily 8：30 – 17：00.
Adult : 110 Yuan
Children (1m-1.4m) : 60 Yuan

NanJing underworld,LTD.
Address: (In Chinese) 南京市中山陵园四方城8号
Tel: 025-84441119-210、232
WWW: http://www.nuww.com.cn

Holiday Inn offers human bed-warming service in Britain.

MasPoster — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:09:56 +0000

The international hotel chain Holiday Inn is offering a trial human bed-warming service at three hotels in Britain until the end of January.
When requested, a staff wearing full body fleece and hair covered will slipped into your bed using the staff’s own body temperature to warm the bed for you.
The staff carries a thermometer to measure the bed temperature. In about 5 minutes, the bed reaches around 20 degrees Celsius or 68 Fahrenheit, the staff will leave the bed fully dressed and you can then have a warm bed to sleep in.

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