Flashback to a meeting that our WFTGA President, Alushca Richie had on Monday 13 November during a visit to Japan. In the photo below:
🔹 ️Mr. Konosuke KOKUBA, Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
🔹 ️Mr. Makoto ONIKI, a member of the House of Representatives
🔹️ Mr. Ryozo YONEHARA, president of JAGO Japan Association of Guide-Interpreter Organizations
🔹️ Ms. Yoko RANDELL, vice-president of JAGO Japan Association of Guide-Interpreter Organizations
*JAGO is a united organization composed of 15 Tourist Guide Associations all over Japan (Foreign language-speaking tour guides’ Associations). JAGO was established in Oct. 2021 during the Covid pandemic. 日本通訳案内士団体連合会 – JAGO Japan Association of Guide-Interpreter Organizations (www.tsudanren.org)
President Alushca spoke with the Minister for some time. Conversations included the importance of tourist guides in the tourism landscape. The focus was also on the quality and standard of guiding as well as the future of Japan Tourism and their focus on securing their tourist guides as Ambassadors to all tourists to the country. It was a positive meeting with great commitment shown to the tourist guiding sector and future training.