Guide to teach tourists how to behave in Japan
The Japanese government has produced a guide with etiquette rules for tourists visiting the country, reports The Independent. Tourism hit record levels in 2024 and it has not been to the delight of all Japanese.
Price increases and littering have created frustration and the guide contains, among other things, a wording requiring tourists to “respect cultural property”.
Shota Adachi at the country’s tourism ministry says that mass tourism has caused problems and that tourists need to know how they are expected to behave. How this will be done is unclear, but the guide could possibly be used in some form on arriving planes.
– That is something we can very well do.
Expert: Rulebook for tourists risks backfire
Distributing an etiquette guide to tourists risks damaging Japan’s reputation as a welcoming country. That is what Ryo Nishikawa, an associate professor at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, says about the move to reduce the problems with overtourism.
Instead, he advocates machizukuri – a Japanese term that roughly means “community creation” – where locals protect their heritage and way of life. This could help spread tourism across the country more evenly.
“It provides a more authentic and less crowded experience, while maintaining rural communities,” he tells The Independent.
The Japanese government has produced a guide with etiquette rules for tourists visiting the country, reports The Independent. Tourism hit record levels in 2024 and it has not been to the delight of all Japanese.
Price increases and littering have created frustration and the guide contains, among other things, a wording requiring tourists to “respect cultural property”.
Shota Adachi at the country’s tourism ministry says that mass tourism has caused problems and that tourists need to know how they are expected to behave. How this will be done is unclear, but the guide could possibly be used in some form on arriving planes.
– That is something we can very well do.
Expert: Rulebook for tourists risks backfire
Distributing an etiquette guide to tourists risks damaging Japan’s reputation as a welcoming country. That is what Ryo Nishikawa, an associate professor at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, says about the move to reduce the problems with overtourism.
Instead, he advocates machizukuri – a Japanese term that roughly means “community creation” – where locals protect their heritage and way of life. This could help spread tourism across the country more evenly.
“It provides a more authentic and less crowded experience, while maintaining rural communities,” he tells The Independent.
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