Japan Tourist Bureau

...The world's largest travel agency, which handles domestic and international travel for Japanese people and travel to Japan for foreigners, as well as publishing timetables and travel guides. In 1912, the Japan Tourist Bureau, the predecessor of the Japan Travel Bureau, was established as a member organization led by the Railway Bureau with the aim of attracting foreign tourists to Japan and providing various conveniences for them. Therefore, initially, the bureau's activities were limited to selling Railway Bureau-commissioned passenger tickets to foreigners and advertising to attract them to Japan, but later it expanded its ticket types to include boat tickets and hotel tickets, and also began to handle travel for Japanese people. ...

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…日本人の国内･海外旅行，外国人の訪日旅行など旅行営業のほかに，《時刻表》《旅》などの出版事業も営む世界最大の旅行業者。1912年，日本交通公社の前身である国際旅客奨励会〈Japan Tourist Bureau(ジャパン･ツーリスト･ビューロー)〉が，外国人客を日本に誘致し，これら外国人客のために諸般の便宜をはかる目的で，鉄道院が中心となって会員組織で設立された。したがって，当初は外国人に対する鉄道院の委託乗車券の発売と日本観光への誘致のための宣伝に活動は絞られていたが，その後乗船券や旅館券など券種の拡大のほか，日本人の旅行も手がけるようになった。…

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