KYOTO: STILL TO COME

Events and Expos

• Rugby World Cup 2019 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games (while not hosted in Kyoto, the city is expecting a massive upturn in visitor numbers during each event)

• World Masters Games 2021 – Kyoto will host the opening ceremony and will introduce people from more than 100 countries over the course of the event

• 25th General Conference ICOM Kyoto 2019 – In September, 2019 more than 3,000 participants from 141 countries will descend on the Kyoto International Conference Centre to enjoy the world’s largest museum conference

• UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture – to be held in Kyoto as a first venue in Japan

New facilities

• Kyoto International Conference Centre’s New Hall – opening in 2018

• New luxury hotels courtest of Ace Hotel, Thousand and Park Hyatt to arrive in 2019

• The Kyoto Multiple Museum of

Art - scheduled for renovation and opening by 2020

Tourism developments

• The introduction of accommodation tax from October, 2018

• An expansion of experiential menus based on traditional industries

• Expansion of tour operations for Nijo Castle, Kyoto State Guest House, shopping streets and traditional craft industries

• Improved guidebooks to further

enhance the touring experience

• Expansion of the Kyoto Artisans Concierge

• Ever-increasing numbers of beds and accommodation options geared towards different preferences and levels of indigenousness

• Ongoing optimisation of the city’s numerous shrines and temples, both from a tourism perspective, and as impressive locations for business conventions