*TIA expects to use a new tourism budget for the Japanese market

Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) President & CEO William S. Norman, who visited Japan for "See America Week" in Japan, said at a news conference in Tokyo on September 21, "The U.S. federal budget for tourism promotion was consequently reduced to$6 million from originally $50 million in the last fiscal year and it was used for the U.K. market only. In this
fiscal year, a top priority country for a new budget for tourism promotion will be Japan, the second largest tourist market for America. If a new budget is passed, we intend to use it for promotional activities for the Japanese market."

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*TIA expects to use a new tourism budget for the Japanese market
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*UAL is considering flying to Asia beyond Nagoya
*OTA becomes a sales agent for AVIS in the Japanese market
*Qatar Airways will fly into Kansai next April
*ANA aims at further paperless ticketing on its domestic flights
*JAL air transport result for July 2004
*Kansai still suffered from low domestic flight demand in August
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