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IAG JAN 2020年1月 亞博匯 42 COVER STORY 6. NAGOYA CITY (AICHI PREFECTURE) City population: 2.3 million Prefecture population: 7.6 million Chukyo metropolitan area population: 10 million Suitors: unknown Aichi Prefecture says it will decide by April 2020 whether to make an IR bid – and it remains to be seen whether such a bid would be based in Tokoname City or Nagoya City • • • • • 6. 名古屋市 (愛知縣) 城市人口：230萬 縣府人口：760萬 中京圈人口：1000萬 競標者：尚待確認 愛知縣政府表示，將於2020年4月決定是否競逐成綜合度假 村項目落腳點，以及相關項目是位於常滑市，還是名古屋市 • • • • • of Nagoya. Chubu Centrair not only serves Nagoya, but is the main international gateway for Japan’s central region, known as “ Chubu. ” However, since opening in 2005, a number of airlines have withdrawn service from the airport due to lack of business. In 2017 the airport was the eighth busiest in Japan, after the four airports in Tokyo and Osaka combined, and the airports in Fukuoka, Sapporo and Okinawa. Aichi Prefecture is considering bidding for an IR on the island on which Tokoname’s Chubu Centrair International Airport sits. On 10 December Governor Hideaki Omura confirmed his stance that he preferred the Tokoname City bid to one based in the city of Nagoya itself (which is also in Aichi Prefecture), because of the location right next to the airport. 名古屋市長河村隆之2019年1月曾稱，該市將於同年夏季決 定是否參與綜合度假村項目競投，但有關決定一直未有出現。去 年9月，河村隆之仍指該市「正積極考慮」是否競逐。 愛知縣知事大村秀章於去年12月19日表示，由去年12月20日 起，直至2020年3月，該縣將收集公眾意見，並於4月決定愛知縣是 否競逐成綜合度假村項目落腳點。究竟相關競投項目是位於常滑 市，還是名古屋市，仍有待觀察，但如前文所述，大村秀章於12月 曾稱，更偏好項目落戶常滑市。 It should also be noted that the land next to the airport is immediately available, whereas land for an IR in the heart of Nagoya may take time to develop.