Sanyo Shinkansen users decreased by 12% Impact of reduced number of foreigners due to new virus February 19, 20:10
JR West has revealed that the number of Sanyo Shinkansen users from January 1 to 14 this month has decreased by 12% compared to the same time last year. It is said that the spread of the new coronavirus has reduced the use of foreign visitors to Japan, mainly by Chinese.
According to JR West, the number of users of Sanyo Shinkansen from 1st to 14th of this month has decreased by 12% compared to the same time last year in preliminary figures.
In addition, the Hokuriku Shinkansen dropped by 10% and the express on the conventional line dropped by 15%.
This is due to the spread of the new coronavirus, which has led to a decrease in the use of foreign visitors to Japan, mainly by Chinese people, and last year's large holiday in China following the Chinese New Year, which began in early February, has shifted to January. This was due to the combined effect of the recoil.
Kazuaki Hasegawa, a president of JR West, stated at a regular news conference on the 19th that "The effects of the coronavirus have reduced inbound traffic and the overall economic activity in Japan has declined. We hope for an early convergence. I will watch closely. "