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Project overview

While exchanging information, participating cities build a tourism network, send out information via portal site, and collaborate for mutual tourism promotion, to attract visitors from North America, Europe, Oceania and other countries in Asia.

Expected results

1. Attraction of new types of tourists through creation of new tourism resources
2. Increase in the variety of tourist spots offered and enhancement of the appeal of cities as tourist destinations
3. Creation of opportunities to attract visitors in manners that cannot be done alone

Activities to date

FY	Description (host city)	Participating cities (number of cities)
2002	1st Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Tokyo)	Beijing, Delhi, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo (6)
2003	2nd Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Hanoi)	Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo (8)
2004	3rd Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Delhi)	Beijing, Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo (7)
2005	4th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Taipei)	Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Taipei, Tokyo (5)
2006	5th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Delhi)	Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo (6)
2007	6th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Kuala Lumpur)	Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo (7)
2008	7th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Hanoi)	Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo (5)
2009	8th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Tokyo)	Hanoi, Jakarta, Taipei, Tokyo (4)
2010	9th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Kuala Lumpur)	Bangkok, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo (5)
2011	10th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Jakarta)	Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo (5)
2012	11th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Hanoi)	Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo (6)
2013	12th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Kuala Lumpur)	Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Taipei, Tokyo (6)
2014	13th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Tokyo)	Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo (6)
2015	14th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Taipei)	Hanoi, Jakarta, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo (5)
2016	15th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Jakarta)	Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Taipei, Tokyo, Tomsk (7)
2018	16th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Hanoi)	Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Jakarta, Hanoi, Taipei, Tokyo (6)
2020	17th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Online)	Jakarta, Hanoi, Manila, Taipei, Tokyo, Tomsk (6)
2021	18th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Online)	Delhi, Jakarta, Manila, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo, Tomsk (7)
2022	19th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Online)	Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Taipei, Tokyo (5)
2023	20th Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Tokyo)	Hanoi, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul, Taipei, Tokyo (7)
2024	21st Council for Promotion of Tourism in Asia (Online)	Delhi, Hanoi, Jakarta, Manila, Taipei, Tokyo (6)