（社）日本港湾協会　Porto

～ Building a tourism nation ～

　To clear a challenging target, 30 million international visitors to Japan, ports are expected to contribute toward the aim by high-grading their sightseeing sources as well as by taking more effective measures to induce cruising boats to call at Japanese ports. In addition, it is important to keep securing safety and convenience of ports.
　The feature of this month shows the relationship between building a tourism nation and ports plus the right direction of cruising industry,
introducing both domestic and overseas efforts.

・	Ports contributing to the Tourism Nation Promotion / Yoko Meguri
・	The Roadmap to 30 million International Visitors / Yoshihito Maesato
・	Measures for cruising growth in Japan / Saburo Fukagawa

・	COLUMN	Total solar eclipse observation cruising in July,2009 / Minoru Kurita
		Construction of advanced cruising terminals in HK and Singapore / Shunji Kusumoto

＜Various efforts＞

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Secrets of Port of Hakata's success in having more and more foreign cruising boats / Osamu Takashima

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Efforts to attract Korean cruising and passenger boats at Maizuru Port,Kyoto
/ Yoshiaki Sunahara

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Marine Town Project at Wajima Port,Ishikawa / Shigeo Uehata

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Road to the first calling of cruising boat at Atami Port,Shizuoka
/ Toshifumi Uenishi

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Welcome ceremony by a full of hula dancers at Onahama Port,Fukushima
/ Takumi Kudo

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Recent waterfront development in Sydney / Yoichi Arai

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COLUMN	River cruising by Yakata-bune,a traditional Japanese boat in Tokyo / Yuko Yoshizawa
	Factory night view tour in Yokohama / Mayumi Yamauchi

＜SAFETYNESS/CONVENIENCE/CONFORTABILITY TO ATTRACT CRUISING BOATS＞

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Efforts to be a safe cruising port at Sukumo Port,Kochi, significance of securing breakwaters / Yuuji Kuriki

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Grand opening of "Matsugae International Terminal Building" ,a comfortable cruising terminal at Nagasaki Port / Takayoshi Tamura

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Evaluation of ports from viewpoint of cruising passengers / Makoto Takaishi

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