AJC HOSTS BIMP-EAGA TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS WEBINAR JAN 12

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) will organise a webinar for tourism stakeholders in Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area or BIMP-EAGA on Jan 12.

According to a statement, the webinar is designed to offer the latest information on the Japanese travel market and introduce how to promote tourism attractions of BIMP-EAGA to Japan.

The BIMP-EAGA was launched in 1994 to spur development in remote and less developed areas in the four participating Southeast Asian countries. These countries are geographically far from the national capitals, yet strategically close to each other.

These states and provinces account for over 60 per cent of the land area of the BIMP-EAGA countries; yet they make up less than 20 per cent of their population and 18 per cent of the labour force.

The five strategic pillars of BIMP-EAGA VISION 2025 are Connectivity, Food Basket, Environment, and Socio-cultural & Education, and Tourism.

AJC held a series of symposiums focusing on the four pillars beside Tourism from November to December 2021. With this tourism webinar, it is covering all the strategic pillars of the VISION.

The upcoming tourism webinar will introduce interesting updates and trends of the Japanese market such as consumer sentiments of Japanese travellers and focus on ecotourism, one of the strengths of the region.

More details at https://www.asean.or.jp/en/

-- BERNAMA