This symposium will bring together Japanese and German experts from academia, government, and hands-on practitioners to exchange thoughts on the differences and similarities in the significance and shape of tourism in both countries and value change over time. With a focus on inbound and domestic tourism to Japan and Germany, current challenges and future developments will be discussed, and new trends towards more sustainable travelling such as “soft tourism” and best practice approaches to utilize tourism to revitalize local and regional cultures will be presented.

The program is still under development, start and end times are subject to change.