KIX & RINKU IR is proposed for KIX to be the international tourism hub of Japan; a symbol project of ‘Growth Strategies’ of Japanese Government. From KIX you can easily access to the urban center of Osaka within half an hour and a number of famous historical and natural resources of Kansai, such as Kyoto and Nara in a short time.
KIX & RINKU IR is a complex of Casino and MICE, and also ‘International Medical Exchange Center’ in order to enhance synergistic effect of IR. At International Medical Exchange Center highquality medical check and care, attentive rehabilitation program, and emergency clinic will be provided for over 3.1 million
foreign visitors from KIX and many thousand foreign sojourners at Izumisano as well as domestic tourists. KIX & RINKU IR also serves as the base of local tourism of traditional and natural resources, such as temples, shrines, and hot springs in the vicinity.
If KIX & RINKU IR is provided, the number of foreign inbound tourists and the amount of tourism consumption will be steeply increased, so a lot of synergistic effects for the related industries, employment and tax will be expected. When IRs are arranged in Tokyo, Osaka, and Okinawa,their economic effects will be at 4 trillion yen, 60 thousand person will be newly employed, and increase of tax revenue will be 200~400 billion yen. (from Nippon Keizai Shinbun, Jan. 3,2014)
