40% reduction in consumption of foreign visitors to Japan Dramatic decrease in travelers New Coronavirus April 16 7:21
Compared to the same period last year, the amount of money spent by foreign tourists visiting Japan for shopping and lodging during January to March fell sharply due to the spread of new coronavirus infection. Has dropped by about 40%
According to the Japan Tourism Agency, the total amount of foreign tourists visiting Japan who spent from January to March on shopping and lodging was estimated to be 6727 billion yen, a 41.6% decrease from the same period last year. did.
This is the largest drop after the minus 50.4% recorded in the period from April to June 2011 immediately after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
The reason for this is that the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan dropped sharply to 58% in February and 93% in March due to the spread of the new coronavirus.
By country and region, Chinese tourists, who consume the most, fell by 23% to ¥ 234.8 billion, while Korean tourists fell by 3% to ¥ 37.7 billion, down 75%.
In addition, the US, UK, Thailand and other countries also fell by over 30%.
According to the Japan Tourism Agency, "The consumption of foreign tourists has a large impact on the local economy. We want to make a firm effort to support the financing and employment maintenance of businesses involved in tourism."