Japan, China, S. Korea to promote environment-friendly tourism+

HUZHOU, China, Aug. 23 Kyodo - The tourism ministers of Japan, China and South Korea jointly proposed Monday that environment-friendly tourism be promoted to help reduce carbon dioxide
emissions, Japanese officials said.

Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara and
his Chinese and South Korean counterparts urged tourism authorities in the
three nations to compile an action plan to promote tourism aimed at addressing
global warming, the officials said.
Under the proposal, the tourism authorities are asked to map out specific
measures to reduce CO2 emissions in all tourism-related activities including
transportation, accommodation and shopping, they said.
The ministers also seek to conduct case studies in selected areas to address
global warming.
Maehara, Chinese National Tourism Administration Chairman Shao Qiwei and South
Korean Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Yu In Chon visited the Chinese
resort city of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, as part of tourism-related gatherings
from Saturday to Monday.
==Kyodo