Fly to Sapporo city through ANA

All Nippon Airways (ANA), positioning itself as a player in strengthening Indo-Japanese tourism ties, promotes Sapporo city as an unexplored travel destination for Indian travellers.

Surbhi Sharma

All Nippon Airways (ANA), in partnership with Sapporo, a city in Japanese island of Hokkaido, hosted a workshop at Le Meridien in New Delhi recently for the Indian travel trade. Designed to strengthen Indo-Japanese tourism ties, the event highlighted Sapporo as an unexplored premier travel destination for Indian travellers. During the event, Ryo Bunno, Executive Director, Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO), Delhi, shared Japan’s expectations of crossing 200,000 Indian visitors in 2024.

Tsuneya Katagiri, Country Manager – India, ANA spoke about Sapporo city, ANA’s expanding network in India and Japan’s new tourism strategy. “In an exciting collaboration, we have partnered with Aamir Khan Productions for a Bollywood movie shot extensively in Sapporo. Scheduled for release in 2025, this collaboration is expected to boost Indian interest in visiting Hokkaido,” Katagiri said.  ANA operates daily flights between Delhi and Tokyo, and three flights weekly from Mumbai to Tokyo Narita. Chennai route is temporarily suspended, ANA plans to resume it soon.