Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB)

Okinawa MICE Supports
Welcome Support for Conventions
Eligible
PeriodRequirements

April 1st,2024 – March 31st, 2025
Must fulfill one of the following conditionsA) A group of 100 pax or more from outside Okinawa
B) A group of 50 pax or more from overseas
C) Convention which fulfills ALL of the below:•••

Total number of participants is 50 or more
Rotates at least between 3 countries (including Japan)
Occurs regular basis (conventions held for 1 time only is not eligible)

Welcome Support Menu（choice of 1 from the following 6 menues）
Okinawa Tourism PR

Entertainment
1 Okinawan
Performance

2 Ambassadors

Okinawa tourism PR
Ambassadors , Mahae or
Maharo, will welcome andgreet at social gathering,
reception parties or otherfunctions.

Provides professional
entertainers for social
gatherings and reception
parties to experience theOkinawan culture.

Costume Experience
3 Ryukyu
Booth

4 Ryukyu Awamori Tasting Booth
Offers tasting booth ofAwamori, Okinawan
traditional liquor, at social
gatherings or reception
parties.

Offers Ryukyu costume
dressing booth at social
gatherings or reception
parties.

board at gateway to5 WelcomeOkinawa
Offers welcome atgateway, such as airports,bay ports, or venue, with abanner, attended bypersons in traditionalcostumes.

6 Tile Breaking Experience Booth
Offers Karate performanceor tile breaking experiencebooth at social gatherings
or reception parties.

Conference Bags *Numbers are limited
Details and application forms(Japanese language ONLY)
can be downloaded from
“OKINAWA MICE NAVI”

Providing Carbon offset ecobags for holding materials
up to A4 size.

Application flow
Application
Application must be
Submitted 30days inadvance.

Review and ApprovalApplication will be reviewed to
see whether it meets therequirements, then decision ofApproval or Refusal will beinformed.

Implementations

ReportSubmission

Financial Support Program for Conventions
Chartered Bus/ Large Taxi
Financial support (Chartered Bus/Large Taxi) program is available for conventions.
This financial program partially supports your expenses for the chartered Bus or Large Taxi.

1st period: Apr.1st,2024 - Sep.30th, 2024
2nd period: Oct.1st,2024 - Feb. 28th, 2025

Eligible
PeriodMust fulfill one of the following conditions

Requirements

A) A group of 100 pax or more from outside OkinawaB) Convention which fulfills ALL of the below:•••

Total number of participants is 50 or more
Rotates at least between 3 countries (including Japan)
Occurs regular basis (conventions held for 1 time only is not eligible)*Eligible Conventions refer to Academic and various conferences, etc, held bydomestic /international academic societies, associations, etc.
*Can be combined with Welcome support for conventions
Chartered Bus
Amount30,000/day/vehicle

Large Taxi

Number of Participants(Including participants from Okinawa)

Maximum
Amount50 – under 100(Requirement No.2 only)

150,000JPY

100 – under 500

300,000JPY

500 – under 1,000

450,000PY

1,000 – under 1,500

600,000JPY

1,500 – under 2,000

750,000JPY

2,000 or more

900,000JPY

Amount(Including participants from Okinawa)

Maximum
AmountAcross the board

100,000JPY

Number of Participants

10,000/day/vehicle* This program will be closed when the budget limit is reached

Application flow
Application

Preliminary Review and Approval

Application must be
Submitted 30days inadvance.

Application will be reviewed to see whether itmeets the requirements, then decision ofApproval or Refusal will be informed.

Payment

Report will be reviewed to see the actual
results, then the amount of support will beinformed.

Implementations

Final Review

ReportSubmission

Details and application forms (Japanese language ONLY)
can be downloaded from “OKINAWA MICE NAVI”

Click HereInquiry

https://mice.okinawastory.jp/en/
Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau MICE team：mice_support@ocvb.or.jp