Members of the Overseas Tour Operators Association of Japan (OTOA) provide local services for Japanese individuals traveling abroad, as well as providing services requested by travel agencies in Japan on behalf of their customers. In other words, we are an overseas travel agency association which specializes in serving Japanese tourists abroad.

OTOA has 134 full member companies, and 71 associate member companies (as of April 01, 2008). Those of you who have traveled abroad will more than likely have come across us when traveling between airport and hotel, on guided tours, at tour information desks, and so on. And while our bread-and-butter role is to make arrangements for hotel reservations, transportation, meals, tickets and the like, we strongly believe that a secondary role of our activities is to strengthen ties between Japan and other countries through a variety of intercultural activities.

Boasting a broad base of member companies, OTOA has a network which covers, at present, 245 cities in 80 countries via a total of 811 bases, providing up-to-the-minute regional information, and ensuring visitors safe and enjoyable travel. At the same time, we continually look to develop new areas of travel, so that we can support as many
Japanese travelers as possible, and so that they may experience memorable travels wherever they choose to go.