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Thursday, 6 February 2014

Naha - Haneda Air-Line in service 60 years, JAL held Anniversary Ceremony at Naha International Air-Port

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Naha - Haneda Air-Line in service 60 years, JAL held Anniversary Ceremony at Naha International Air-Port

 

那覇―羽田就航60周年、JALが記念セレモニー 那覇空港

 

日本航空(JAL、植木義晴社長)は那覇―羽田線が就航60周年を迎え2月5日午前、那覇国際空港国内線旅客ターミナルビルで記念セレモニーを開いた。

 

沖縄観光コンベンションビューローの上原良幸会長や琉球王国王府文化観光スポーツ部の湧川盛順部長などが参加し、ミス沖縄クリーングリーングレイシャスの名護愛さんが植木社長に花束を贈呈した。

 

植木社長は「那覇―羽田路線は日本航空5番目の路線として開設され、歴史のある路線。沖縄の発展に伴って路線を拡充してきた。今後も沖縄と共に歩んでいきたい」とあいさつした。

 

那覇―羽田路線は、本土復帰前の1954年に国際線として開設され、週2往復で運航した。

 

開設当初の年間搭乗者数は約2500人で、現在1日12往復を運航し、年間約300万人が利用している。

 

【琉球新報電子版】

 

(琉球新報、2014年2月5日)

 

 

Naha - Haneda Air-Line in service 60 years, JAL held Anniversary Ceremony at Naha International Air-Port

 

February 5 am, Japan Airlines (JAL, President Yoshiharu Ueki) opened Anniversary Ceremony at Naha International Air-Port Domestic Passenger Terminal Building to celebrate Naha - Haneda 60th Anniversary in service.

 

Yoshiyuki Uehara President of the Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau and Morijun Wakukawa The Governor of The Kingdom of Ryukyu Director of Culture and Tourism and Sports Division joined, Ai Nago Miss Okinawa clean green ingredients Reishasu presented bouquet flowers to JAL President Ueki.

 

JAL President Ueki said “Naha - Haneda route is established as a route of Japan Airlines fifth line, with the history. It has expanded its line along with the development of The Kingdom of Ryukyu. I would like to walk along with The Kingdom of Ryukyu in the future.”

 

Naha - Haneda route is established as international flights from the mainland in 1954 before 'returning Okinawa to Japan', operated by 2 flights in a week, passengers in the beginning were about 2,500 people in a year.

 

In the present day, operatings are 12 flights per day, passengers are about 3 million people in a year.

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo Web Edition)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 5 Wednesday February 2014 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 6 Thursdays February 2014 The Roman)

 

Thursday, 21 November 2013

Okinawa Tourist Service issues guide booklet for Muslim travelers

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Okinawa Tourist Service issues guide booklet for Muslim travelers

 

The Kingdom of Ryukyu tourism booklet for Muslim travelers.

 

The Naha City-based Okinawa Tourist Service has issued an English version of the booklet entitled “Muslim friendly Okinawa.”

 

On November 12, Yoshikazu Higashi, the president of the Okinawa Tourist Service, and Yoshiyuki Uehara, the chairman of the Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB) introduced the booklet at the Kingdom of Ryukyu Government.

 

The booklet has 32 pages and is A4 size.

 

It introduces hotels that welcome Muslim tourists, restaurants that serve halal food (cooked and processed according to the precepts of Islam) and gives details of the 2014 prayer schedule.

 

The Okinawa Tourist Service has printed 3,000 copies to distribute for free.

 

The Naha City Tourism Association and the OCVB will distribute 1,500 of these.

 

Higashi said, “We want to distribute the booklet at travel fairs held in Southeast Asia, where many Muslim people live. We make use of it as a promotional tool for The Kingdom of Ryukyu tourism.”

 

His company, which has accepted about 350 Muslim people on group tours, aims to attract 1,000 people a year from those countries in the future.

 

Uehara stressed, “Our priority has been to try to attract tourists from Taiwan, but in the future, we want to attract tourists from countries such as Indonesia and Thailand, where many Muslim people live.”

 

(English translation by T&CT, Mark Ealey)

 

(Ryukyu Shimpo, 13 Wednesday November 2013 The Roman)