On October 11, the Japanese government relaxed the border policy for preventing and controlling the new crown new epidemic, canceled the upper limit of the number of people entering the country in a single day of 50,000 people, and relaxed individual free travel from overseas. On the 11th, the "National Tourism Support" policy to promote Japanese domestic tourism was also implemented. The Japanese government hopes to activate the tourism industry that is in troubled under the epidemic by expanding the reception of foreign tourists visiting Japan and supporting domestic tourism in Japan.
In 2019, before the epidemic, there were 31.88 million foreign tourists visiting Japan, with a consumption of 4.8 trillion yen. Due to the strengthening of border policies to prevent and control the epidemic, foreign tourists have dropped sharply after 2020, with only about 7% in August 2019 in August 2022. With the relaxation of border policies this time, Japan has also restarted short-term visa-free measures to 68 countries and regions including the United States and South Korea.
Narita Airport International Arrival Hall
According to the Yamato Comprehensive Research estimate, considering the factors such as Japan's overseas popularity, the expansion of air demand and the depreciation of the yen to around 1 US dollar to 145 yen, the room for recovery of inbound consumption is 5.7 trillion yen per year. Judging from the two major domestic airlines in Japan, international flights to Japan have soared after this fall.
The national tourism support policy launched to promote domestic tourism in Japan will be implemented until December. As the receiving place, is the prefecture and county is mostly implemented until December 20. Only Tokyo will have no time to prepare and will start implementation from October 20. The preparation of accommodation facilities such as some hotels is also relatively slow.
The travel expense discount rate of the national tourism support policy is 40%, and subsidies will be made within the upper limit. Including coupons, a maximum subsidy of 11,000 yen per person per night can be provided. To apply for subsidies, you need a driver's license and other documents that prove your identity, a certificate of having received 3 shots of new crown vaccine , or a negative certificate such as PCR test . Local governments also have independent support policies, which can further reduce the cost burden if used together.
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