The Tour Grand Prix, which awards the best package tours for domestic, overseas, and inbound travel, will be held again this year. The executive committee began accepting entries on May 9th. As long as the travel agency is registered, anyone can apply, regardless of whether they are a head office, sales office, or group. The deadline is July 4th. The Tour Grand Prix will award two separate tours: overseas trips and domestic/inbound trips. Plans that took place between July last year and June 2018 are eligible. A Grand Prix winner and a special judges' award winner will be selected in each category, and one "Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award" will be awarded from all entries, and one "Tourism Agency Commissioner's Award" will be selected each for overseas trips, domestic trips, and inbound trips. The awards will be presented at the Tourism Expo Japan 2018 venue on September 22nd. The head of the judging committee is Kanetaka Kaoru, Honorary Chairman of the Japan Travel Writers Association. Other committee members include Waseda University Professor Emeritus Yoshimura Sakuji and essayist Saito Yuka. For details on how to apply, please visit the official website (http://www.jata-net.or.jp/tg/index.html)fart.