COVID-hit Japan travel agency looks for growth in agriculture
Major Japanese travel company H.I.S. Co. has made the decision to transfer into agriculture to diversify its revenue sources after a difficult time period in which the coronavirus pandemic dealt a large blow to the tourism sector.
H.I.S. Farmers Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of the vacation firm, was established up in April to develop and market refreshing fruits and vegetables.
The company is not ignoring its main organization, while, as it designs to integrate tours at the farms to permit men and women to have a arms-on agricultural working experience.
The corporation has started out escalating cherry tomatoes at a farm north of Tokyo in Hasuda, Saitama Prefecture, with the produce offered for order by means of its web site. The company plans on increasing its product sales channels from Might onward.
Undated provided image exhibits H.I.S. tomatoes becoming picked at a farm in Saitama Prefecture. (Kyodo)
H.I.S. has also acquired a 5,000-sq.-meter house, together with deserted farmland, in Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture, to generate grapefruits. It ideas to ship the items from the southwestern Japan region in 2025 just after growing the cultivation spot.
It strategies to do the job with local farmers to make processed products working with fruit juices it provides, the business mentioned.
H.I.S. Farmers is organizing on branching out throughout the region, which include to the town of Yamagata, soon after its parent company and the northeastern Japanese town concluded a pact final year to revitalize the location as a result of tourism and farming.
At each location, the H.I.S. device will introduce farming experience excursions to supply an in-man or woman knowledge of cultivation and harvesting. It is considering providing its new create at topic park Huis 10 Bosch, operated by the mum or dad agency in Nagasaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan.
The journey company was poorly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, incurring a internet reduction for the next consecutive small business yr finished October final yr.
Following soliciting new firms inside the business, it introduced a crew in 2020 to oversee a farming challenge.
