Discussions with Tsugaru Railway and Goshogawara City on attracting foreign tourists
Discussions with Tsugaru Railway and Goshogawara City on attracting foreign tourists Table of Contents 1: Discussions on attracting foreign tourists 2: Attractiveness of Tsugaru Railway 3: Nationalities of foreign tourists around Tsugaru Railway 1: Discussions on attracting foreign tourists The other day, we discussed with Tsugaru Railways and the Urban Transport Division of the Goshogawara City Construction Department at the Goshogawara City Hall (Goshogawara City, Aomori Prefecture) about attracting foreign tourists. Tsugaru Railways is the railway company connecting Tsugaru-Goshogawara Station and Tsugaru-Nakasato Station (operating distance of 20.7 km). Tsugaru Goshogawara Station is connected to JR East’s Goshogawara Station. Like other regional railways, Tsugaru Railways is also loss-making. In pre-COVID-19, the operating result of the railway track business was a loss of 25.35 million. This number is a significant deficit, representing 21.6% of the turnover of the railway track business. Like other regional railways, Tsugaru Railways has been affected by the decline in population and motorization of the people living along its lines. It is, therefore, necessary to attract tourists in the future. We made a proposal using various data to see if we could help Tsugaru Railway as a company that provides clothing rental and pre-trip concierge services