Free whale-watching offered to Japanese

A Sydney company will offer free whale-watching trips to visiting Japanese as part of a campaign against their country's whale slaughter.

Whale Watching Sydney says it hopes to raise Japanese people's awareness of the importance of protecting whales through close encounters with the giant mammals.
The tour operator will give free cruises next year to anyone with a Japanese passport. The company's manager, Will Ford, said Japanese who used the offer would be educated about Australians' love of whales and their objections to the whaling industry. He also said that very few tourists favored whale hunting once they saw the mammals in the wild. He hope other whale-watching cruise companies to introduce similar deals. Whale Watching Sydney cruises usually cost $80 for an adult.
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