Chinese Guide Japan will once again relax border controls starting from October 11, open up free travel for overseas tourists, resume visa-free measures, and cancel the upper limit of the number of people entering a single day. At the same time, it will promote domestic tourism subsidies in Japan to support the tourism industry to stimulate national consumption.
"Go To Travel", which was stopped in December 2020, was shelved due to concerns that it would "expand the infection." Since then, the "National Tourism Support Project" after the content and name has been changed, and the launch opportunity has been missed due to the seventh wave of the epidemic. It will be implemented again starting from October 11, and the implementation period is tentatively set to be from October 11 to late December or late January 2022.
Since March 2020, Japan has been closing its doors to foreigners, worried that foreign tourists may bring the new coronavirus into Japan.
At the end of 2012, driven by policies such as the depreciation of the yen and the relaxation of tourist visas driven by Abenomics, foreign tourism hit a record high for seven consecutive years, and inbound consumption has grown steadily. According to the consumption trend survey of the Japan Tourism Agency, due to the policy of locking the country, consumption has dropped sharply from 4813.5 billion yen in 2019 before the epidemic to 744.6 billion yen in 2020 (estimated) and 120.8 billion yen in 2021 (estimated).
The new crown spread before Haneda Airport International Line grand occasion
Although restrictions on entry of foreigners were relaxed worldwide, the isolation measures were still stubbornly implemented in Japan. However, from June this year, entry for the purpose of sightseeing is allowed, with the condition that the number of visitors must be accompanied by a tour guide, and the daily entry limit has been increased to 20,000. Later, group travel without tour guides is allowed, and the entry limit has been expanded to 50,000 per day.
■ Relax the number of entry restrictions implemented in 2021-22:
2021/8/15~2,000 people
2021 August 16, ~ 3,500 people
2021/11/26-30 ~ 5,000 people
2021/12/1~ 3,500 people
2022/03/01~ 5,000 people
2022/03/14~ 7,000 people
2022/04/10~ 10,000 people
2022/06/01~ 20,000
2022/09/07~ 50,000
2022/10/11~ Cancel the upper limit
From October 11, the government will significantly relax border restrictions on the new coronavirus.
With the relaxation, restrictions on entry numbers have been lifted, and the ban on personal travel and visa-free travel has also been lifted. The border policy is closer to the border policy before the spread of the coronavirus in 2020. When entering the country, including Japanese, you can enter the country with a certificate of 3 doses of vaccination within 72 hours before leaving the country or a negative test certificate.
In addition to the regular international routes Haneda Airport, Narita Airport, Kansai Airport, Nagoya (Central), Fukuoka Airport , New Chitose Airport , Naha Airport will resume operations immediately after preparation, before the spread of the new crown, more than 35 airports across the country, including Kagoshima, Sendai and Hiroshima , have regular international flight services, and they will resume operations in stages.
Australia will resume Haneda -Hong Kong route from the end of this month. By the end of the year, the operating rate of international flights will return to 44% before the COVID-19 crisis, including increasing flights between Haneda and Taipei. Japan Airlines will resume flights from Hong Kong to Haneda by the end of this month. Starting from December, the Narita -Frankfurt route will run every day. Overseas airlines are also starting to resume flights to Japan.
0 The new crown has spread before Haneda Airport International Line is grand in
Under the influence of the depreciation of the Japanese yen, it is said that foreign tourists have started to "buy" in Tokyo Ginza and other places, with tourists who spend 1 million yen a day. As Japan moves towards a complete lifting of the ban, tourists from surrounding areas such as South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong are expected to visit as soon as possible.
Japan has always been the main destination for outbound travel in China. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of foreign tourists in Japan increased year by year, with more than 30 million in 2018 and 2019. What is particularly noteworthy is the rapid growth of the number of Chinese tourists. More than 8 million people visited Japan in 2018, and 9.6 million people visited Japan in 2019.At that time, the proportion of Chinese tourists in all foreign tourists in Japan was increasing, and about one-third of Japanese foreign tourists were Chinese tourists. However, according to the current epidemic prevention situation, it should take some time for the recovery of outbound team tours. Group tours abroad are still suspended. In addition, the capacity of airlines is also a major challenge. At present, the total number of international flights has decreased, and air ticket prices have also risen to varying degrees. However, with the increase in international routes between China and Japan, air ticket prices are expected to drop significantly.
In terms of domestic travel support in Japan, starting from October 11, travelers with domestic air tickets and accommodation will enjoy a 40% discount, and travelers can enjoy up to 8,000 yen per night.
At the same time, in terms of tourism, JTB will start fully carrying out bus trips to popular destinations such as Hakone , Kyoto, and Nara starting this month.
In 2019, before the COVID-19 crisis, the number of tourists in Japan reached an all-time high of about 31.88 million. During the visit to Japan, the total consumption of accommodation, shopping and other consumption reached 4813.5 billion yen, and its contribution to the Japanese economy increased. However, due to border controls, Japan is actually in a state of "national isolation". Last year, the number of tourists to Japan dropped sharply to 250,000, and the loss of national interests exceeded 4 trillion yen.
Due to the gradual relaxation of border restrictions since March, the number of tourists to Japan has shown a rebound trend every month, but the current situation is still less than 10% compared with 2019. Travel operators strongly expect this measure to eventually lead to a revitalization of Japan's economy.
According to Japan National Tourism Administration (JNTO), before the outbreak of the new coronavirus, 28.257 million of the 31.882 million foreigners who visited Japan in 2019 were for tourism purposes, less than 90% of the total, that is, 88.6%. In 2019, 64.3% of Japanese foreign tourists were individual tourists.
According to the Japan Tourism Hall's "Survey on Consumption Trends of Foreigners Visiting Japan", only 27.5% of these people participated in group tours organized by travel agencies, and the remaining 72.6% (rounded) total does not match the total number) are personal travel not through travel agencies.
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