2026年9月1日火曜日

No.225 "About the involvement of the tourism industry with regional development 2026" September issue

The dragon's head that appeared at 34 degrees 28 minutes north latitude. 

 

【デジタル観光統計オープンデータから7月の三重県の観光目的入込数】The number of visitors to Mie Prefecture for tourism purposes in July from the digital tourism statistics open data

インバウンド含まず Foreign tourists are not included. 

 

【予約サイトの空室転売】Resale of Vacant Rooms on Booking Sites

 「空室転売」とは、正規に確保されたホテルの空室を第三者が買い取り、別の予約サイトで再販売する行為を指す。ホテルの空室転売で問題になっているのが、Agodaなど海外の予約サイトを経由したケースである。ユーザーが行った予約内容がホテル側に伝わっていない、日付や部屋タイプが誤って伝わっている、予約通知の遅延によりホテル側が予約確認ができない、などのトラブルがよくある。
 湯の山リゾートに於いても、よりにもよって満館のオープン初日に予約通知のない家族連れが来館したが、星野リゾートや東横インでも「ユーザーが予約確認書を持参しているのに、ホテルのシステム上に情報がない」という事例が複数報告され、ホームページ上で注意喚起されている。
 このようなホテルの空室転売が起こる背景には、ホテルの客室の販売構造や流通経路が関係している。ホテルは空室を効率的に埋めるため、正規の販売代理店に客室を提供するが、一部の代理店がその枠を海外予約サイトなどで再販売するケースがある。そうすると予約情報が多段階的にやり取りされ、伝達が複雑化あるいは遅延しやすくなる。特に海外サイトで日本のホテルのシステムと直接連携していないケースでは、日付や部屋タイプの誤り、予約通知の遅れが発生する。 にもかかわらず、ホテル側のシステムに予約情報が登録される前に、サイトから旅行者へ向けて予約確認書やバウチャーが発行されてしまうと、旅行者は「予約完了」と認識してしまう。これが転売トラブルの元となる。それはあくまでサイト上の予約手続きが完了している証明にすぎない。
 トラブルを完全に避けるためには、できるだけホテルの公式サイトや直販の予約システムを推奨することが、一番の自衛策だといえるだろう。

"Resale of vacant rooms" refers to the act of a third party purchasing legally secured hotel rooms and reselling them on another booking site. A problematic aspect of hotel room resale is cases involving overseas booking sites such as Agoda. Common problems include the hotel not receiving the user's reservation details, incorrect dates or room types being communicated, and the hotel being unable to confirm reservations due to delays in reservation notifications.
At Yunoyama Resort too, a family without a reservation notification arrived on the opening day, when the resort was fully booked. Hoshino Resorts and Toyoko Inn have also reported multiple cases where "users presented reservation confirmations, but the information was not recorded in the hotel's system," prompting warnings on their websites.
The background to such hotel room resales lies in the sales structure and distribution channels of hotel rooms. Hotels provide rooms to authorized sales agents to efficiently fill vacancies, but some agents resell these rooms on overseas booking sites. This leads to multi-stage exchange of reservation information, making communication complex and prone to delays. Especially in cases where overseas websites are not directly linked to Japanese hotel systems, errors in dates or room types, and delays in reservation notifications can occur. Despite this, if a reservation confirmation or voucher is issued to the traveler from the website before the reservation information is registered in the hotel's system, the traveler may mistakenly believe their reservation is complete. This is the root cause of resale problems. Such a document merely serves as proof that the reservation process on the website has been completed.
To completely avoid these problems, the best self-protection measure is to use the hotel's official website or direct booking system whenever possible.

 

【2026年7月の国際収支】Balance of Payments for July 2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2026年8月1日土曜日

No.224 "About the involvement of the tourism industry with regional development 2026" August issue

Thanks to the shrine relocation ceremony at Ise Jingu, the future outlook for Ise and Toba is improving. 

 

【デジタル観光統計オープンデータから6月の三重県の観光目的入込数】The number of visitors to Mie Prefecture for tourism purposes in June from the digital tourism statistics open data

インバウンド含まず Foreign tourists are not included. 

 

【全館LPG漏洩検査】All rooms LPG leakage inspection

Following the explosion at Aeon Mall Kumamoto, I conducted an inspection of the aging gas equipment. This was a precautionary measure taken after a gas leak was detected in one of the rooms last month. The results were ND for all rooms. Needless to say, I also shut off the main gas valves for the rooms that are currently out of use.

 

【日米協調介入】Japan-U.S. cooperative intervention

On July 31, Japanese and U.S. monetary authorities conducted a coordinated foreign exchange intervention to buy JPY in the New York market. This marked the first such joint intervention by the two nations in 15 years, since 2011. Following the intervention, the JPY surged against the dollar, briefly reaching the 157.20-JPY range—its strongest level against the dollar in approximately two and a half months.

 

【修理とレストア】Repairs and renovations

Ryokans and hotels are capital-intensive businesses, and repairs and renovations are essential.

 

【2026年6月の国際収支】Balance of Payments for June 2026

 

【真夏の豊受大神宮】Toyouke Daijingu in High Summer

Toyouke Daijingu 

Taganomiya 

Kazenomiya 

Tsuchinomiya 

Shimonomino Jinja 

Wataraikunimi Jinja 

Otsu Jinja 

 

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