[HN Gopher] Influencers: Japan's secret weapon to promote niche ...
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       Influencers: Japan's secret weapon to promote niche tourism spots
        
       Author : mikhael
       Score  : 37 points
       Date   : 2024-03-28 05:23 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | hilux wrote:
       | There's nothing "secret" about this.
       | 
       | Most countries with any tourism business (real or hoped-for) do
       | this. Even Saudi Arabia.
        
         | tmm84 wrote:
         | In the last year or so I have seen so many travel ads and
         | promotions to visit Saudi Arabia. I don't think I'd ever go
         | there but I'm pretty sure I know a lot of the stuff I would
         | visit.
        
           | hilux wrote:
           | I hear it's a good place to watch soccer.
        
             | leosanchez wrote:
             | There are 10's of football (soccer) fans in Saudi Arabia
        
         | Rinzler89 wrote:
         | _> There's nothing "secret" about this. _
         | 
         | It's also not a weapon. I dislike clickbait hyperboles like
         | that in titles.
        
       | Tiktaalik wrote:
       | > the government aims to attract more repeat travelers and are
       | putting in efforts to promote less-visited places in the hopes of
       | avoiding overtourism while helping to revitalize dwindling
       | communities at the same time.
       | 
       | This is a good idea but unfortunately by dramatically raising the
       | price of the JR Pass, tourists are now severely discouraged from
       | buying it and from leaving Osaka and Tokyo, and overtourism in
       | these cities is likely to get even worse.
        
         | quartesixte wrote:
         | Buying individual legs for a two week trip usually came out to
         | be the same for most people anyways. The JR Pass rarely made
         | sense (especially with the restrictions on riding the fastest
         | bullet trains) and now the price reflects that.
        
         | samschooler wrote:
         | I paid $488 in 2019 for a 14 day JR pass. In 2024, the same
         | pass is $60 more. I wouldn't call that a dramatic increase, and
         | still within the same magnitude of affordability?
         | 
         | https://www.jrpass.com/buy-the-japan-rail-pass-online
        
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