*Madrid hammers out "Plan Japon" to attract more Japanese tourists

Madrid City of Spain announced on April 8 in Tokyo that the city will develop three-years "Plan Japon" focusing on the Japanese tourist market. The plan consists of 42 action plans, based on three core themes of security, service and promotion, to introduce a wide variety of tourist attractions in Madrid. It was made up under the strong initiative of Madrid Mayor Ruiz Gallardon in cooperation with the Japanese Embassy of Spain, JETRO Madrid office and Japanese corporations in Spain. As a candidate city for 2012 Olympics, Madrid stresses on tourism promotions worldwide, in which Japan has been selected as the first target country.

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*Madrid hammers out "Plan Japon" to attract more Japanese tourists
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