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Following the enforcement of the International Convention Promotion Law
in September 1994, the Ministry of Transport designated 40 cities, including
Sapporo City, in October as "International Convention and Tourism Cities" based
on the law.
In Japan, even though large convention facilities have been constructed,
most of them are not fully utilized with only 3% of the international conventions
held in Japan. This figure is very 10w compared with Western countries.
For those cities designated as "International Convention and Tourism City",
the Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO) provides information for inviting
international conventions and advertises to other countries. JNTO also collects
donations for the organizations which will hold international conventions meeting
certain requirements.
The Ministry of Transport hopes to vitalize local cities and to promote
internationalization by increasing the number of international conventions held
in Japan. The Ministry also expects economic effects of as much as 900 billion
yen per year to be brought by these conventions.
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