Government Go To Travel to Boost Tourism Industry While Preventing Infections 6:17 on July 17
Regarding “Go To Travel”, which is one of the measures to stimulate consumption, the government plans to start it as scheduled from the end of this month after excluding travel to and from Tokyo, while thoroughly implementing infection prevention measures. , I would like to support the tourism-related industry, which continues to face a difficult business environment.
Regarding "Go To Travel", which is one of the government's consumption stimulus measures for travel, Prime Minister Abe consulted with Secretary-General Suga, Minister Nishimura on economic revitalization, and Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on the 16th. Based on the infection situation, we have decided to exclude travel to and from Tokyo and implement it as scheduled from 22nd of this month.
After that, a subcommittee consisting of experts on infectious diseases explained that the reason for excluding Tokyo was that the number of infected people in Tokyo is large and that the infection is spreading to other prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area. Got
The government is urging tourists and tourists to take thorough measures to prevent infections, and we hope to support tourism-related industries, where the business environment remains severe.
However, there are some fears that the effect will be diminished by excluding Tokyo, which has a large population, and we are considering whether to include Tokyo in the future while looking at the infection status.
On the other hand, on the 16th, more than 600 infected people were confirmed nationwide, including 286 newly confirmed infections in Tokyo, and the declaration of emergency was issued. It was
The government continues to say that the medical service system is not under pressure and is not in a situation to issue an emergency declaration again, but we will thoroughly implement guidelines for restaurants that provide alcohol in addition to entertainment restaurants. At the same time, the policy is to make every effort to prevent the spread of infection, such as by requesting refraining from going out so as not to use stores that are not protected.
Request to business operators to thoroughly prevent corona infection Government
The government requires travel agencies and lodging companies participating in the "Go To Travel" campaign to meet the infection control measures when applying for registration.
Specifically,
▽ Perform physical condition checks such as temperature measurements for all travelers
▽ When using shared facilities such as baths and restaurants , make sure to take so-called "3 dense measures" such as limiting the number of people and time
▽ Shared space It is said that they want to disinfect and ventilate.
Businesses participating in the campaign will announce the measures on their websites, etc., and if the measures are insufficient, they will cancel their registration.
In addition, we recommend that travelers use a contact confirmation app, and make sure to thoroughly prevent splash infections and contact infections on trips centered on elderly people who are prone to serious injuries and trips mainly for banquets. I'm trying to ask.
Carefully judge the timing of implementation other than travel
Among the “Go To Campaign”, “Go To Eat”, which offers points to consumers who used restaurants through a reservation site, was scheduled to start public recruitment of management contractors from 17th.
However, according to the person in charge, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in charge started the open call for applicants after "Go To Travel" was excluded from Tokyo and the number of new infected people in Tokyo was the highest so far. I started adjusting to delay.
At the same time, we will carefully judge the timing of the campaign, etc., while assessing the future situation.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which is in charge of “Go To Event” discounting ticket prices for concerts, sports, movies, etc., will not change the period of open recruitment until 21st of this month, and will continue to select contractors as planned. is.
However, I would like to judge the timing of implementation while carefully checking the situation.