International visitors pour into Japan — to the delight and dismay of its ski towns
Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as ...
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Hokkaido pushes lodging tax on tourists; towns back own levies
However, the Hokkaido town of Kutchan, which introduced its own ... The town already imposes a 2 percent tax on guests, meaning that hotels and Japanese-style inns in Kutchan would have to bear ...
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International visitors pour into Japan — to the delight and dismay of its ski towns
Yet many ski towns in Japan are struggling ... and those "just hanging on" — can be seen in rural Honshu and Hokkaido. "I've seen over the last 20 years an incredible change," he said.