More Japanese opting for tourism courses
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Tourism courses are becoming increasingly popular in Japan, with more colleges and universities jumping on the bandwagon.
A Kyodo news agency report said the number of colleges and universities training hotel clerks and overseas tour escorts is increasing and expected to total 40 by next April with an enrolment of more than 4,000 students.
The report said students believed a tourism qualification would enhance their resume as the government aims to increase the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan to 10 million a year.
The report, quoting the education ministry, said 37 colleges and universities had tourism and hospitality departments as of April this year with an enrolment of 3,900 students, six times more than a decade ago.
Next April, Asia University in Musashino in Tokyo and two other universities in the metropolitan area plan to open tourism-related departments.
The government started the “Visit Japan Campaign” in April 2003 to boost the annual number of foreigners visiting Japan to 10 million in a decade. In 2003, foreign visitors numbered 5.2 million but the number was 8.35 million last year.
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