This year's "Tourism White Paper" is a "distributed" trip that avoids congestion, such as "wortation", where people work while enjoying vacations at tourist spots, etc., in order to recover demand after the infection of the new coronavirus has converged. Should further spread the style of.
According to the Tourism White Paper, the amount of money spent on travel in Japan last year was 11 trillion yen, down 60% from the previous year due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and the tourism industry, which employs about 9 million people nationwide, is serious. He said he was hit hard and needed help to maintain employment and continue his business.
Regarding "Go To Travel," we will decide how to handle it in the future based on the infection situation, and until then, we will support infection control measures according to the situation of each prefecture.
On top of that, the style of travel in Japan has tended to concentrate on specific times and places, but in addition to "wortation" where people enjoy vacations at sightseeing spots as a result of the spread of infection, they are also standard tourist destinations. It is said that trips aimed at getting in touch with the local nature and traditional culture, rather than traveling around, have expanded.
The decentralized journey that avoids such congestion will dig up demand during the off-season and lead to stable management of businesses, and it should be further disseminated toward the recovery of demand after the infection has subsided.
On the other hand, the resumption of acceptance of foreign tourists will be promoted in stages, such as starting with a small package trip after the infection has subsided.