Team Herald
PANJIM: Consul-General of Japan Ryoji Noda and Tourism Director Menino D’Souza discussed a range of issues to boost tourism ties between the two regions during a meeting of the two officials on Thursday.
As per Tourism Department, tourists from Japan have been visiting Goa and availing electronic tourist visa facility. Statistics show that around 250 tourists from Japan visit the State annually and D’Souza expressed Goa Tourism’s desire to increase footfalls from the country in as much as there are outbound footfalls to Japan from Goa.
The Consul-General, who called on the Goa tourism officer was delighted to learn that 1,200 delegates from Japan out of the 4,000 international delegates would attend the JCI World Congress 2018 which would be held in Goa in November.
Noda was joined by a team comprising Ayako Ueno, Researcher/Advisor, Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai and Rajendra K Sharma, Chief Executive (Political & General Affairs) Consulate-General of Japan in Mumbai.
