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Feast of Light in Osaka, Japan, Tainan Lighting District shines, Osaka Central Public Hall's "Tainan Tourism Promotion Conference" sold out and became a highlight in Japan 2023/12/19
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Tainan City will have a grand exhibition in Osaka, Japan from the 14th to the 25th of this month. For the Feast of Light, Mayor Huang Weizhe personally led a team to participate in the lighting ceremony on the first day. More than 10,000 people visited the lights at the Tainan Lighting District and Tainan Tourism Center on the same day. The Tourism Bureau held the "Real Tainan Wants to See You" Tainan Tourism Promotion Conference at the Central Public Hall in Osaka, Japan on the 17th. Sato Asae, a popular Japanese internet celebrity who loves Tainan, taught everyone how to play in Tainan through her personal experience and introduced it to the Japanese people. Introducing the 2024 Taiwan Lantern Festival and other Tainan 400 series activities. Tainan’s high-quality agricultural and specialty products such as Yujing dried mangoes, Dongshan longan nectar tea and pineapple cakes were carefully prepared for the public to taste, allowing Japanese people to experience the authentic Tainan flavor and driving them to Tainan. Travel heart.

Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe said that this year is the fifth time that Tainan City has participated in the Feast of Light in Osaka, Japan. The grand exhibition will be held on the east side of the Rose Garden of Nakanoshima Park in Osaka City. It is the only overseas city invited to participate in the exhibition. He looks forward to participating in the exhibition and participating in the promotion. Japanese friends from the conference will visit Tainan next year, and hope that through tourism exchanges, Tainan City and Osaka City will be closer, interact more frequently, and promote further exchanges in various fields such as tourism and agricultural cooperation between the two sides, so as to achieve common prosperity and good things.

Lin Guohua, director of the Tourism Bureau, said that this exhibition at the Feast of Light in Osaka, Japan is expected to bring in 20 million visitors. In addition, this year we have specially planned to hold two tourism promotion seminars during the exhibition period to introduce Tainan tourism information such as the characteristics of Tainan’s districts, transportation, weather, Tainan 400 and Taiwan Lantern Festival to the Japanese public, so as to enhance the motivation of Japanese tourists to choose Tainan. Both promotion sessions were enthusiastically signed up by the Japanese people, and some people even traveled thousands of miles to attend from other counties and cities. This shows that Tainan’s participation in the exhibition has indeed increased the visibility of Tainan’s tourism in the Japanese market, not only in Osaka City, but also in surrounding cities.

The Tainan City Government Tourism Bureau stated that this Tainan Tourism Promotion Conference invited Sato Asae, a Japanese resident in Tainan, as a speaker. From a Japanese perspective, he told Japanese tourists 10 key points for enjoying Tainan sightseeing, including what they must not do when visiting Tainan. Missed Yujing mango, Guanmiao pineapple, Madou Wendan and other fresh fruits, as well as specialty snacks such as beef soup, coffin board, popular attractions such as Lin Department Store, Zhaimen Coffee, etc. Things you need to pay special attention to include the standard southern weather, night market hours that are not open every day, how to travel conveniently in Tainan by bus or taxi, and the orthography of old restaurant menus, etc. Following the lecture, the handicraft activity used the salt from Tainan’s North Gate Jingzaijiao tile salt field combined with the production of Tainan’s 400 royal guards. During the process, the travel stories of the materials were brought in, and the public’s understanding of the royal guards they made and Tainan’s attractions were explained through explanations. Deeper emotional connections allow people to share their Tainan experiences with the community and in their lives, and even further plan trips to Tainan with family and friends.

The Tourism Bureau participates in exhibitions and handles promotion activities in different regions of Japan. In April this year, it cooperated with Sendai City to promote the first charter flight from Tainan to Sendai. In July, it set up a tourism promotion booth in Eimaebashi Akagi, Gunma Prefecture. In September, it exhibited "TAIWAN" in Tokyo. PLUS 2023". In October, the Tainan tourism promotion exhibition booth was held for the first time in Yamaguchi Prefecture. It was reported by yab Yamaguchi Asahi Broadcasting and was invited to exhibit in Osaka this time. The Feast of Light 2023 event continues to market Tainan tourism through different forms and regions. In the future, I hope to have more opportunities to deliver more diverse tourism information about Tainan to overseas tourists. The Tourism Bureau will also continue to strengthen the tourism-friendly reception environment and use city image advertising to enhance Tainan's visibility on the international stage. It will continue to organize more exciting activities and welcome domestic and foreign tourists to come and experience Tainan's rich culture and unique customs. If you want to know more about the latest tourist attractions and activities in Tainan, please continue to follow the " Tainan Tourism Network " and " Tainan Tourism Fan Page " or call 06-6353226 for enquiries.

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