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Originally Posted by JohnBraden
Anyone can click "like" on a page on Facebook, especially since the earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima Daichi. (Wonder what's happening at Fukushima Daini). Japan is more in the spotlight and so people are going to be aware of their plight.
The soccer match yesterday was another example. The announcers kept harping on the fact that Japan needs this to boost their morale due to the tragedy. I understand they can mention it once or twice. It seems some of the players are from that area and have lost friends or family. But they kept talking about it as if that's the only thing happening in the country.
Japan is a great place to go, but it doesn't seem like it's the place for everyone. Language, distance, food, cost seem to be factors involved....
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Yeah I see what you mean, and I agree. But even so, my point was that their FB page has tens of thousands more 'likes' than any other tourism Facebook page I know of. The disaster surely will bring more attention to Japan, but why the Visit Japan page in particular? I guess that's a rhetorical question seems as it'd be impossible to guess an answer :L
As for your last paragraph, I guess that sums it up as good as any. As someone who likes Japan, I guess it's kinda hard to realize sometimes that it really is not for everyone, and that some people may really hate the idea of coming here...
And as I would consider myself a pretty open minded traveller, it's hard to remember that things like the things you said really do stop people from wanting to go places, lol