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  "id": 3396678,
  "title": "An increasing number of young people with no experience of hospitality? A move to get the tourism industry chosen\n\n若者の「おもてなし」経験が少ないことが、観光業界が直面する課題となっている。旅行・観光の総合サイト「じゃらん」を運営するリクルートによると、宿泊施設など観光業界で働いたことがある20～30代の割合は、2011年度は28.8％だったが、2021年度は17.1％に低下した。\n\nA lack of experience of 'hospitality' among young people is a challenge facing the tourism industry. According to Recruit, which operates a travel and tourism website 'Jalan', 28.8% of people in their 20s and 30s had experience of working in tourist facilities etc. in fiscal 2011, but this had fallen to 17.1% by fiscal 2021.\n\nこのため、観光庁は、若者に人気の高いアルバイトの仕事を、観光地で体験できる「観光・宿泊業インターンシップ」を行っている。観光庁の担当者は「短期間でいろいろな職種を体験し、観光業の仕事の魅力を知ってもらうことが狙いです」と話している。\n\nThe Tourism Agency is therefore running 'tourism and accommodation internships' which allow young people to experience work in tourist areas in popular short-term part-time jobs. An official at the Tourism Agency said 'The aim is for them to experience various kinds of jobs in a short period and to get to know the appeal of working in the tourism industry'.\n\n観光庁がインターンシップの募集を始めた2022年4月以降、応募者数は1000人を超えた。インターンシップに参加した大学生は「ホテルで働いて、観光の仕事の楽しさを知りました」と話している。\n\nSince the Tourism Agency started recruiting for the internships in April 2022, the number of applicants has exceeded 1000. A university student who took part in an internship said 'I worked in a hotel and found out how enjoyable working in tourism can be'.\n\n観光庁は、若者が観光業界で働く魅力を高めるため、待遇改善や業務のIT化を進める必要があるとしている。\n\nThe Tourism Agency says that in order to make working in the tourism industry more attractive to young people, it is necessary to improve working conditions and promote the introduction of IT.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/story-3396678",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T01:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Asahi Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-asahi-shimbun",
    "url": "http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASV8L1FGZV8LPLFA00DM.html?ref=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "ja",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}