Travel agencies that are chased for cancellation by Go To “Tokyo Exclusion” also 18:21 on July 21st

A travel agency in Tokyo, which was planning travel products for “Go To Travel” starting on the 22nd, is busy with cancellations right before the campaign because almost all bus tours depart from and depart from Tokyo. ..

A travel agency in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo resumed the tour that it had canceled last month, and was planning a new "Go To Travel" bus tour for hiking and shrines and temples for the summer vacation.

The reservations were temporarily returned to about 70% of the same period last year, but it is said that the reservations have decreased again due to the spread of infection at this place.

Furthermore, only 20 days after it was revealed that Tokyo will be excluded from the target by "Go To Travel", about 10% of the reservations made by September this year were canceled.

In this company, almost all tours to and from Tokyo, and about 70% of the approximately 65,000 members live in Tokyo, so we are inquired about cancellations one after another.

Shinonome Watanabe of the travel agency "Shiki no Tabi" said, "Go To Travel has changed over and over, and the country has finally announced that the cancellation fee will be compensated, but there is no specific explanation such as refund method. I'm very in trouble. It's a great pity that I was looking forward to the summer when I was scraping."

Bright and dark depending on hotel location

Travel to and from Tokyo has been excluded from “Go To Travel”, so the hotels around Tokyo Disney Resort, which resumed operations this month, have different locations depending on their location.

Tokyo Disney Resort, located in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, was closed from the end of February due to the new coronavirus, but has reopened for the first time in about four months since the 1st of this month.

Along with this, reservations from tourists are gradually beginning to enter the surrounding hotels, but since the trips to and from Tokyo are excluded from the discount, at hotels in Edogawa Ward next to Urayasu city Reservations are being canceled one after another.

Of these, "Hotel Il Fiore Kasai" in Higashi Kasai, Edogawa-ku is sold for about 20 minutes by shuttle bus to Tokyo Disney Resort, and this year, it is almost fully booked with many families at this time of year. ..

Due to the new coronavirus, I was forced to take a two-month suspension of business this month, but this month I was starting to make reservations with customers who expected a discount on "Go To Travel." However, just after it was announced that trips to/from Tokyo would be exempt, there were more than 10 cancellations.

On the other hand, when I interviewed several hotels in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, there were some hotels that received more reservations and inquiries after the announcement.

At Hotel Il Fiore Kasai, we hurriedly reduced the room rate and secured a few new reservations, but the management is not expected to improve, so the manager, Moriaki Miyagi. "I have been in the hotel industry for nearly 30 years, but I have never experienced such a situation. If this situation continues, tourists may be increasingly leaked to hotels in Chiba Prefecture, so please consider closing again. I can't help it."

Rickshaw in Asakusa is confusing

Regarding the fact that Tokyo was excluded from the discount at "Go To Travel," a company operating a rickshaw in Asakusa said, "I was sorry that I expected it to be a catalyst for sales recovery." It was

Based in Asakusa, one of the leading tourist destinations in Tokyo, the company uses rickshaws to guide tourist attractions such as Sensoji Temple and Tokyo Sky Tree in the surrounding area. At times, more than 20 units were operating.

However, due to the spread of the new coronavirus, only three units have been in operation on many days these days, and this month's sales have decreased by about 95% compared to the same month of the previous year.

At the company, 80% of people who use rickshaws in the summer season are tourists from all over the country, so it is hoped that “Go To Travel” will lead to a recovery in sales, I'm confused by the fact that I missed it.

Hidenori Fujiwara, the president of a "rickshaw" who runs a rickshaw, said, "Since the number of infected people in Tokyo has been increasing recently, it seems unavoidable that the campaign will start with Tokyo excluded, but there is almost no sales from May. Above all, I'm sorry that I had great expectations that it would be a catalyst for recovery."

On top of that, he said, "I would like to wait for the tourism industry to recover after the infection has settled down and the tourism in Tokyo will be covered by the campaign. Until then, I would like to invite people living in Tokyo to use it."