fierce competition to attract events, businesses, or tourists
Used for intense rivalry among localities or organizations to lure large-scale events (e.g., Olympics, expos), corporate facilities, factories, or foreign visitors. Often appears in news and business contexts.
Cities are engaged in a fierce competition to host the Olympics.
In the competition to attract factories, the municipality offered tax incentives.
誘致 means 'attraction' or 'luring' (of events, businesses, etc.), while 誘致合戦 specifically refers to the competitive struggle among multiple parties to achieve that attraction.
合戦 originally means 'battle' or 'fight'; in 誘致合戦 it is used metaphorically to emphasize the intensity of the competition.
Compound of 誘致 (ゆうち, 'attraction, luring') and 合戦 (かっせん, 'battle, fight'). The combination figuratively describes a heated contest to attract events, businesses, or tourists.