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Total proceeds from the Hokkaido
tourism industry exceed that of agriculture and is expected to grow into
an industry to support the regional economy.
Blessed by majestic beauty, Hokkaido has four distinct seasons
providing a variety of hands-on tours and the development of lively outdoor
activities. Hokkaido is excellently equipped to fill the role of a tourist
spot where citizens of Japan can relax and is one of the places the people
most one to visit. For Hokkaido tourism to cope with the variety of needs
of the people of Japan many tourism resource details need to be developed
such as systems for using resources and dispatching information.
Furthermore, aimed at the rapid increase of foreign visitors
coming to Japan, the country is making an all out effort to present itself
as a tourism nation with a variety of promotion projects such as "Visit
Japan Campaign" which are popular not only among visitors from Japan
but also among visitors from Taiwan, China (Hong Kong), Korea, as well as
the southern hemisphere where there is active promotion of foreign travel
and foreign travelers to Japan increase year by year. Thus, Hokkaido sightseeing
has big possibilities and the development of Hokkaido as in international
tourist resort has become more and more important.
Various tourism projects are being developed in Hokkaido. With
these projects as base, in order to support these projects and activate
the local communities, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
promotes improvement of networks used as the base of sightseeing exchange,
promotes hard and software networks industries such as the preparation of
roads, airports and harbors.
In addition, along with raising the attraction of Hokkaido sightseeing,
for the extension of the tourism industry, networks of auto camp sites are
established, sky sports, cycle sports and horse trekking are promoted as
outdoor sports. With "Scenic Byway Hokkaido" promoting the grandness
of Hokkaido's natural beauty and formation of a rich rural area, the tourism
industry in Hokkaido seems destined to grow.
Steps have been made to increase the beauty of the Shiretoko
region which is registered in the World Natural Heritage in 2005 as No.
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