The Tourism Expo Japan was held from the 24th to the 27th of October in the Japanese city of Osaka and @ this fair, the Dubrovnik Tourist Board made ts first appearance at a joint booth with the Dubrovnik-Neretva County Tourist Board and together with the Zagreb, Šibenik-Knin and Lika-Senj County Tourist Boards.
About 1,300 exhibitors from 140 countries were exhibiting at the Tourism Expo Japan, with an estimated 190,000 visitors during the last week. It is interesting to add that, from the beginning of 2019 to the 22nd of October, 35 439 Japanese tourists arrived in Dubrovnik and achieved 71 749 overnight stays, which represents a 6 percent increase in arrivals and also a 6 percent increase in overnight stays!