Visitors to Thailand (Photo: bangkokpost) Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand is stepping up a tourism promotion plan to make use of the tourism boom in Japan next year when Tokyo hosts the Olympic Games. The Tokyo Olympics, scheduled from July 24 to August 9, 2020, is expected to draw a large number of foreign visitors to Japan, topping 40 million for the entire year. Bangkok Post quoted deputy governor for marketing communications at the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Tanes Petsuwan as saying that the agency plans to open a Thai House to advertise several favourite tourist destinations of the Japanese and other foreign travellers. TAT will invite operators from Phuket, Pattaya, Chiang Mai and Bangkok to showcase their services and products at Thailand’s pavilion in Shinagawa district of Tokyo. Demonstrations of Thai culture and cuisine will also be carried out throughout the event to impress tourists from Japan and other countries, Tanes said. Thailand welcomed … [Read more...] about Thailand to promote tourism in Japan during 2020 Olympics
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Refugee team to take part at Tokyo 2020 Olympics: IOC
IOC President Thomas Bach asked members of the Olympic body at its session in Buenos Aires to support the creation of a refugee team, along the lines of the one that competed at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. The members responded with applause. * The cities of Calgary and Stockholm and an Italian bid involving Cortina D'Ampezzo and Milan officially became candidates for the 2026 Winter Olympics on Tuesday after the International Olympic Committee ratified their bids. The IOC Executive Board last week recommended the three as candidates for the Olympics in eight years time, dropping Turkey's Erzurum. * Brooks Koepka added another accolade to a sensational season on Tuesday when, as had been widely expected, he was named PGA Tour Player of the Year following a 2017-18 campaign highlighted by two major victories. Koepka landed the coveted honour despite missing nearly three months with a wrist injury as he would go on to become the first repeat US Open winner in 29 years and then … [Read more...] about Refugee team to take part at Tokyo 2020 Olympics: IOC
Hiddink appointed coach of Chinese Olympic team
Hiddink appointed coach of Chinese Olympic teamThe Saigon Times Daily Former Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink - PHOTO: REUTERS HONG KONG (REUTERS) - Guus Hiddink has been tasked with ensuring China qualify for the finals of the 2020 Olympic Games football tournament after the former Real Madrid and Netherlands coach was handed the reins of the country's under 21 team on Monday. Hiddink, 71, becomes the latest big name coach to move to China since the country's president, Xi Jinping, stated his desire for the nation to become a global football power. The Dutchman joins fellow European Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi on the payroll of the CFA, with the Italian World Cup winner currently preparing the senior team for the finals of the Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates in January. Top coaches such as Luiz Felipe Scolari, Fabio Capello, Manuel Pellegrini and Andre Villas Boas have also had stints with clubs in the Chinese Super League. Hiddink's appointment was announced on the … [Read more...] about Hiddink appointed coach of Chinese Olympic team
Tokyo 2020 mascots make official debut
The mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were named during a ceremony in the Japanese capital on Sunday (Jul 22). Mascots for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games Miraitowa (L) and Someity appear at their debut event in Tokyo on July 22, 2018. (Photo: Kazuhiro NOGI/AFP) The Olympic mascot, a blue-checked pointy-eared figure, was named as Miraitowa - combining the Japanese words 'mirai', meaning future, and 'towa', which means eternity. The Paralympic counterpart, who is pink-checked and wears a cape, was named Someity after a variety of cherry blossom called Someiyoshino. Games organisers also said the name sounded similar to "so mighty" in English. The mascots were revealed in February but remained unnamed until Sunday. They were designed by illustrator Ryo Taniguchi, who won a nationwide competition that was determined by Japanese children, with his entries clinching more than half the total votes. Tokyo 2020 president and former Japanese prime minister Yoshiro … [Read more...] about Tokyo 2020 mascots make official debut
2020 Olympics could paralyse Tokyo’s famed subway, study warns
Tokyo's subway system is famed for its cleanliness and efficiency but also its carriage-busting crowds, and a crush of visitors for the 2020 Olympics could paralyse it, a new study has warned. A new study says Tokyo's subway system could suffer "fatal congestion" during the 2020 Olympics, with key lines paralysed by overcrowding. (Photo: AFP/Toru Yamanaka) Professor Azuma Taguchi of Tokyo's Chuo University used a mathematical model to predict the flow of passengers on a hypothetical day during the Summer Olympics, when some 1.3 million spectators might join eight million regular commuters in the greater Tokyo area. "Fatal congestion" could occur in stations nearest to the Games venues while major transfer stations and key lines could be paralysed by overcrowding. "We will see a 10-20 per cent increase in the number of passengers at major transfer stations as spectators join commuters," he told AFP. "Once traffic congestion occurs, that will create long queues that would then … [Read more...] about 2020 Olympics could paralyse Tokyo’s famed subway, study warns