Thanks for the comments on my post and on twitter – I have searched today for answers – and I cant find any evidence on the web of any bloggers who are provided with travel benefits from Japan Prefectures or Japan travel associations as reported in todays The Japan Times.
Earlier today, I decided to put it ‘out there’ on twitter to find out if this was the case.
There was various helpful feedback throughout the day.
Lots of people replied that they would like to have travel benefits/incentives in reply for blogging.
Some people replied that if travel incentives were issued, blogging could end up as a type of ‘spam’. (Point taken here.)
Others were not keen on the whole idea of incentives because it might obligate the blogger to give a favourable review even if they didnt believe it was warranted. (Again understandable point)
One person even asked whether The Japan Times had muddled the word, ‘blogger’ with something/or somebody else ? (Personally, I dont know.)
So, after gathering my twitter feedback (thank you) and my google searches (I found nothing on Japan travel incentives for bloggers BTW) – I wrote to The Japan Times to ask them if they would clarify their source and perhaps provide a more concrete example of what they meant in the article dated today June 16 2009.
So far I am waiting on a reply. Stay tuned. But in the meantime, if anyone knows of a special tour package for bloggers in Japan I would be grateful if they could let me know and I will update my site and twitter followers.
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