Kanagawa Prefecture Inbound
Incentive & Excursion Tours
Subsidy Program

Application & Application Guide
Applicableprojects:(1) Inbound incentive tours(2) Excursion tours

Subsidy amount:

Per tour pax:
5,000 yen (no overnight stay in Kanagawa Prefecture)
10,000 yen (overnight stay in Kanagawa Prefecture)

Application period:

July 29, 2024 February 14, 2025

Project period:

September 1, 2024 March 15, 2025

Application
method:Contact method:

Email entry form（Japanese Only）
Email（Japanese Only）

Contact: Kanagawa Prefecture Inbound Incentive & Excursion Tour Subsidy Program Office（Kanagawa Prefectural Tourist Association (Kanagawa DMO)）
e-mail:mice-dmo@kanagawa-kankou.or.jp
Subsidy program website
https://www.kanagawa-kankou.or.jp/features/jyoseikin
Subsidy program website

1. Application Requirements
１. Subsidy Program Overview
Objective

By partially subsidizing the implementation costs of incentive tours and excursion
programs to be held in Kanagawa Prefecture, we aim to promote the attractions ofKanagawa Prefecture to visitors to Japan, increase the number of future visitors,
and promote higher tourism spending.

Eligible
ApplicantsBusiness owners with a travel agency registration number or travel service
arrangement businesses in Japan; businesses that conduct incentive tours orexcursion programs with a legal entity in Japan

Eligible
Projects

1. incentive or excursion tours to Japan whose arrangement and itinerary areapproved by Kanagawa Prefectural Tourist Association (Kanagawa DMO)
2. Tour must include at least 1 inbound tourist
3. incentive tours that are order-made or tailor-madeDMO

SubsidyAmount

4. Project starts between 1 month post-application and March 15, 2025
Subsidy amounts are per passenger.
1. doesn't include an overnight stay in Kanagawa Prefecture - 5,000 yen/pax
2. includes an overnight stay in Kanagawa Prefecture - 10,000 yen/pax*The maximum subsidy amount per tour is 1,000,000 yen.

Application

July 29, 2024 - February 14, 2025

Period*Please confirm the details of each item in these guidelines before applying.

12. Eligible Subsidy ApplicantsBusiness owners with a travel agency registration number or travel service arrangement businesses inJapan; businesses that conduct incentive tours or excursion programs with a legal entity in Japan

3. Eligible Subsidy Projects(1) Meets the requirements set forth below:
Project type① Inbound Incentive Tour

Requirements
・Order-made or tailor-made tours
・ The name of the company, organization, etc. with whom you areProjects

traveling must be known.
②Excursion Tour Projects

・Name of the conference or convention that the passengers
attended and the date of the conference or convention must beincluded (regardless of tour type)(2) Tour must include travel products specified and reserved by Kanagawa Prefectural Tourist Association(Kanagawa DMO) in itinerary(3) Tour in Kanagawa must be held between September 1, 2024 and March 15, 2025
(4) Tour must include at least 1 inbound tourist*For projects that fall under any of the following categories, subsidies will not be awarded:(1) Tours for religious or political purposes(2) Tours that are offensive to public order and morals(3) Tours affiliated with organized crime groups:
a. organized crime group as defined in Article 2, item 2 of the Law Concerning Prevention of Unjust
Acts by Organized Crime Groups
b. organized crime group as defined in Article 2, item 6 of the Law Concerning Prevention of Unjust
Acts by Organized Crime Groupsc. those whose representatives or officers fall under the category of Organized Crime Groups
members prescribed in the preceding item (b).
d. A juridical person, etc. that conducts transactions with the said juridical person, etc. whileknowing that the said juridical person, etc. falls under any of the preceding items.
(4) Tours supported with subsidies or grants from Kanagawa Prefecture other than the one specified inthis project2

4. Subsidy Amounts
Without overnight stay in Kanagawa Prefecture - 5,000 yen/pax
With overnight stay in Kanagawa Prefecture - 10,000 yen/pax【Note: Definition of "Tour"】
1. When multiple groups are arranged for the same itinerary applied for by a company or group, they will beconsidered as one tour.
2. Tours with different itineraries applied for by the same company, organization, etc. will be considered as
separate tours.

5. Application Method*Application form will be available from July 29 (Mon),2024.
*Please submit your entry via the entry form linked from the website (see URL on the cover page) and submit itby email (mice-dmo@kanagawa-kankou.or.jp) at least one month prior to the tour start date (or by March 15 if
submitting after February 15), attaching the following document data. Applications by mail or in person will
not be accepted.

★Application Process:★

*please reference page 4 for details【Applicant】Submit entry form→【Kanagawa DMO】Sending of documents (travel products with prices)→【Applicant】Complete application【Application Period】July 29, 2024 - February 14, 2025

Applications will only be accepted by email.
*Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. If the total subsidy application budget isexceeded during the application period, we will close applications and an announcement will be made on
the website.

Application Requirements:① Completed entry form for the Kanagawa Prefecture Inbound Subsidy Program for Incentive & Excursion
Tours② Copy of travel agency registration or travel service arrangement business registration③ Tour itinerary sample④ Travel application form with the name of the company or convention

6. Results Reporting Method
As a general rule, please submit a report on the results within one month after the implementation of the tour.
3After filling out the results report application form, please submit it by email (mice-dmo@kanagawakankou.or.jp), attaching the following document data. Applications submitted by mail or in person will not beaccepted.
※Enter and download the information from the application form linked from our website (see the URL on thecover page).

＜Report Requirements:＞①

Completed Results Report Application form for the Kanagawa Prefecture Inbound Subsidy Programfor Incentive & Excursion Tours② Invoice and Account Transfer Request Form
③ Documents objectively proving that all participants stayed overnight, such as lodging certificatesissued by lodging facilities, etc. (if the tour includes overnight stays)

7. Application to Payment Process

Applicant⑤ Screening・sending of Notice of Subsidy Decision(Change・Cancellation Form)⑥ Results Report (form・email）⑦ Review・sending of Notification of Subsidy Amount Finalization⑧ Payment of subsidy

4(Kanagawa DMO))④ Confirm travel products can be arranged

Tour Subsidy Program Office③ Program applica on (email)(Kanagawa Prefectural Tourist Association② Send travel project details

Kanagawa Prefecture Inbound Incentive & Excursion① Contact・Entry (form)

8. Changes in Application Items and Discontinuation of Subsidized Projects(1) Changes in Application Items
Subsidies will be implemented in accordance with the details of the decided tour. However, if you wish tochange the details of the tour within the scope of the amount applied for and the purpose of the subsidy,
please submit a "Notification of Changes in Subsidy" prior to the implementation of the tour. Please contact
the Kanagawa Prefecture Tourist Association (Kanagawa DMO) in advance if you wish to make any changes.
＜Qualifications for necessary changes:＞
・When tour dates, activities, and accommodation availability changes
・When at least 20% of tour passengers is reduced*Changes can be made within the subsidy amount applied for.

(2) Subsidy Program Cancellation
When a subsidy receiver ceases to implement the entire subsidized project due to various circumstances, thereceiver must submit a "Notification of Subsidy Cancellation" form. No subsidy payment will be made for theproject that has been approved for discontinuation.
Please note that subsidy payments will also not be made if the implementation of the subsidized content iscancelled due to bad weather or other reasons on the day of the event.

9. Handling of Documents
Documents relevant to the subsidy project must be preserved for 10 years (until the end of March 2035)
starting from the fiscal year following the fiscal year that includes the date of the subsidy decision.

10. Cooperation with the Association
Grantees are requested to cooperate with the Association when the Association has requests regarding
the project or to provide news coverage regarding the subsidy project.

11. Disciplinary Action for Misconduct with Subsidies
If any of the following conditions apply to the applicant, the decision to grant this subsidy may be cancelled
in whole or in part. In addition, the subsidy pertaining to the cancelled portion may be returned.
(1) The applicant receives the subsidy through deception or other wrongful mean(2) In the event that the receiver violates the content of the decision to subsidize tours or the conditions
attached thereto, or violates laws, regulations, rules, the Grant Guidelines, these Application Guidelines, or theinstructions or orders of the Kanagawa Prefecture Tourist Association (Kanagawa DMO) in connection with theGrant Project, etc.
(3) If the applicant commits fraud, negligence, or other inappropriate acts in connection with the subsidy
project(4) When an applicant falls under any of the following:・Organized Crime Groups as defined in Article 2, item 6 of the Law Concerning Prevention of Unjust Acts by5

Organized Crime Groups
・Organized Crime Groups as defined in Article 2, item 2 of the Law Concerning Prevention of Unjust Acts by
Organized Crime Groups・Those whose representatives or officers fall under the category of Organized Crime Groups stipulated in Item
・A juridical person, etc. that conducts transactions with the said juridical person, etc. while knowing that thesaid juridical person, etc. falls under any of the preceding items.
(5) When the chairman of the Kanagawa Tourist Association otherwise deems it inappropriate

Published: July 2024
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