From the speeches of the guests at the social gathering after the JATA General Assembly: "Promoting inbound and outbound tourism together is the basis of international exchange and is important. Although the situation is not necessarily favorable for Japanese people to travel abroad due to the weak yen and high prices overseas, we will work with the tourism industry and government tourism bureaus of each country to work toward a full-scale recovery of outbound tourism." He also called for a renewed emphasis on compliance and efforts to promote the healthy development of the travel industry. Regarding school field trips and school trips, he said, "We need to level out the peaks," and regarding the development of tourism talent, "Of course, we want to raise the intelligence and international competitiveness of universities and higher education, but we also encourage many students to see the world and want to travel again. We would like to continue to support overseas study abroad, which is an opportunity to broaden knowledge and raise international competitiveness, including for high school students." He emphasized that tourism is a peace industry, saying, "Positively promoting tourism in Japan leads to world peace, our happiness, and the country's progress. Tourism also provides an opportunity to gain new hope through what we see and hear." "Tourism is a good opportunity to learn. It is important to make the most of that opportunity." "Simple calculations show that last year's 25 million inbound tourists brought about annual consumption by each Japanese person of 4 million yen." "Tourism is a pillar of the growth strategy and a trump card for regional revitalization. It is one of the most important industries, employing 9 million people." Regarding the Expo, he said, "Visitors want to go to various regions and stay for a long time, so I would like to work on this while learning from everyone." "Seeing is believing. This is the most important effect of tourism in the future. Creating opportunities for overseas travel, especially for the younger generation and impressionable generations, will be very effective in the long run," he said, expressing his hopes for the creation of travel opportunities such as school trips, and told travel industry workers, "The valley of the corona pandemic was deep, but now it is recovering strongly. There may be a labor shortage in the field, but the desire of the people to travel is definitely increasing." "The 1,200 days of the corona disaster in the travel industry were difficult. It was a period of not moving or meeting people, and it was really painful for those who were looking forward to the Tokyo 2020 Games." "The night projection mapping that started in March in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Square has already attracted 200,000 people. Until now, many people only visited to change their passports, but it has created an effect of attracting people," he said, indicating his intention to strengthen communication. Regarding the situation of inbound tourism, he promised to continue to improve the environment.