In Mekong sub-region countries, the economic growth rate has been high since in the middle of 1990’s. Under this background, many Japanese manufacturing companies set up their factories as the strategies of China plus one and/or Thailand plus one. Following these companies, many Japanese companies in service sectors made foreign direct investment in these countries. The number of Japanese hotels has been also increasing since 2010. The features of these investments are 1) Locations are mainly the capital of these countries and big cities, on the other hand, tourist areas are rare case. 2) Main expected customers are business persons, mainly employees of Japanese companies, on the other hand, tourists are additional targets. 3) Most of these hotels are operated by Japanese hotel chains such as Hotel Okura group, Toyoko inn hotel group, Super hotel group, Route inn hotel group, and Kuretake hotel group. However, some hotels are set up by companies in different industries. 4) The management systems are mainly lease scheme for the purpose of the initial cost reduction and the risk mitigation. Some hotels are also planning to set up new hotels, and the number of Japanese hotels will be increasing in these region.
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