Go To Travel For the time being, the application of budget quotas for each region will be postponed.
At the press conference on the 16th, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akaba decided to forgo the application of the budget frame set for each region so that the effect of the campaign would not be biased in the "Go To Travel" measure to stimulate tourism demand. I made it clear.
About "Go To Travel" The government divided the whole country into 13 regions and allocated the budget to each region so that the effect of the campaign would not be biased.
However, we decided to allocate an additional budget because travel reservation sites that used up the budget limit lowered the discount limit and travel products in some areas were sold out.
Regarding this, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akaba said, "There were voices from users that there were areas where they could not go on a trip using the campaign. I would like to remove the frame for each area so that it can be used flexibly." It has been clarified that the application of the budget frame set for each will be postponed for the time being.
On top of that, Minister Akabane said, "In the area affected by the heavy rain in July, we have not started the Go To travel business, so we will consider it. Similarly, if the effect is biased, we would like to consider how to deal with it. I would like to respond in the remaining form, "he said, and expressed his intention to consider how budget allocation should be while observing the usage situation.