On September 11th, the newspaper and the Osaka Prefecture Association of Travel Agents (Chairman Yoshimura Minoru) jointly held a "Symposium to Revitalize the Travel and Tourism Industry" at Dotonbori Hotel in Chuo Ward, Osaka City. 90 people participated. The symposium featured speeches by Osaka Zenryo Association Chairman Nishimura Hajime, chairman of Kinosaki Onsen Nishimuraya, and Travel Business Support Director Uchida Tetsuhiro, as well as a panel discussion on the theme of "Thinking about the tourism industry of tomorrow - new relationships between the travel industry, hosting organizations, and travel service arrangement businesses," which was attended by ANTA Executive Director Arino Kazuma and others. Details will be published in the next issue of Travel News at October 10th.