According to a survey that uses credit card usage information as an index for consumption trends, the first half of May, including the Golden Week holidays, increased by 6.4% compared to before the expansion of the new Corona.
For the first time in three years, there were no restrictions on activities during this consecutive holiday, and consumption of travel and eating out recovered significantly.
Data analysis company Nowcast and credit card giant JCB publish an index that looks at consumption trends while protecting privacy based on card usage information.
According to this, the index from May 1st to 15th, including the Golden Week holidays, increased by 6.4% from the average for the same period of the three years until 2018, which was before the spread of the new corona, for two and a half months in a row. It became a plus.
This
was mainly due to the fact that "food and beverage retailers" such as convenience stores and liquor stores were + 43.7%,
▼ "restaurant" was minus 8.7%, and
▼ "travel" was minus 21.8%.
Consumption recovered during the Golden Week holidays, as there were no restrictions on behavior for the first time in three years, and the negative range narrowed significantly.
However, looking at each type of business,
▼ "Izakaya" was minus 45.6%, and
▼ "Karaoke" was minus 74.4%,
indicating that recovery is still delayed.
According to the company surveyed, "Consumption is expected to recover in earnest in the future, but there is a possibility that lifestyle-related lifestyles have changed due to the Korona-ka in karaoke and other formats. It is becoming more and more bright and dark. "