More visitors to cross border

UK-Japan News June 2018

A visit to north-east Scotland by a delegation of high-ranking officials is expected to give a boost to visitor numbers to the region, The Press and Herald suggested on 19 May.

A visit by Japan’s Ambassador to the UK, Koji Tsuruoka, and the country’s tourism minister, Jotaro Horiuchi, to the region involved a tour of places such as the Queen’s residence of Balmoral Castle and the Longmorn Distillery south of Elgin, both in Scotland.

The group also included a number of tour operators and representatives of the Japanese tourist board, who were looking to strengthen tourism links.

The delegation also visited attractions linked to Japan by Scottish-born Thomas Blake Glover, a merchant involved in the growth of Japan’s economy and whose house in Nagasaki attracts millions of visitors each year.