{"id":180403,"date":"2026-10-20T10:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=180403&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:34:52","slug":"fukuoka-hotels-recruit-as-visitor-numbers-rise","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-hotels-recruit-as-visitor-numbers-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka hotels recruit as visitor numbers rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen hotels took part in a hospitality recruitment fair in Fukuoka\u2019s Hakata Ward on Oct. 13. The city and other organizers held the event amid concerns about labor shortages in the accommodation industry. Students heard about hotel jobs and working conditions from participating employers. Fukuoka City received 4.33 million foreign visitors last year, up 430,000 and a record for the second consecutive year. The city plans to support hotel recruitment and retention through measures including training and subsidies. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/newsdig.tbs.co.jp\/articles\/rkb\/3008762?display=1\" target=\"_blank\">RKB News<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/recpar-lg.com\/fukuoka-ai-jobfair\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fukuoka Convention &#038; Visitors Bureau<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-job-fair_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1342%2C756&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1342\" height=\"756\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-180404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-job-fair_2026_cl.jpg?w=1342&amp;ssl=1 1342w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-job-fair_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-job-fair_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fnn_fukuoka-job-fair_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: RKB News<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighteen hotels took part in a hospitality recruitment fair in Fukuoka\u2019s Hakata Ward on Oct. 13. The city and other organizers held the event amid concerns about labor shortages in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":180404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-180403","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-city","location-hakata-ku","news-category-general","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/180403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}