Business hotel chain Toyoko Inn (Headquarters, Tokyo) opened a new hotel in Katsura Hida, north of Tsushima City, near the border with South Korea on the 10th. It was opened while the number of Korean customers declined due to the deterioration of Japan-Korea relations.
The city will lend approximately 12,000 square meters of land to the company free of charge until 2026 at the longest. In March 2016, when the number of Korean tourists increased and infrastructure shortage became a problem, the city chose the company through a public offering.
A total of 243 rooms on 8 floors. The company is positioned as the "first full-fledged resort type" and has spacious rooms with ocean views. About 5 minutes by car from Hida Katsu Port where passenger ships with Busan arrive and depart. Located in Sanuki Tsushima Quasi-National Park, adjacent to the famous Miuda beach beach.
The occupancy rate on this day is about 50%. Kenji Watanabe, chairman of the company, who attended the ceremony, said that the decline in Korean customers was “a temporary phenomenon. The company aims to attract customers in cooperation with chain stores in Korea.
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