In Japan, inbound tourists have already surpassed 31 million people in 2018, marking a record high for foreign visitors to Japan. The Japanese government will endeavor to increase such inbound tourists to 40 million for 2020. "VISIT JAPAN Travel Mart 2019 ‐ASEAN･INDIA‐ (VJTM2019 ‐ASEAN･INDIA‐) is an opportunity where travel agencies etc. handling travel to Japan in the Southeast Asian and Indian markets as well as tourism-related business entities across all regions of Japan will meet together and hold business talk sessions to create a variety of inbound business and enterprises. Through this event, we aim to promote the tourism industry as a whole and revitalize local economies. VJTM2019 ‐ASEAN･INDIA‐ uses a web-based appointment-matching system through mutual requests to enable effective and efficient arrangement of business meetings. We are confident that it will be of great assistance to you in the promotion of business and enterprises for planning and arranging the development of new products for traveling to Japan. We earnestly encourage you to utilize VJTM2019 ‐ASEAN･INDIA‐ as a forum to exchange information and expand your business and enterprises related to travel to Japan.