This year's "Tourism White Paper" was released on the 10th, attracting wealthy foreign tourists who have not been able to capture it so far toward the "V-shaped recovery" of the tourism industry, which was hit by the spread of the new coronavirus infection. He pointed out that it is necessary to raise the amount of consumption per person, such as by making efforts.
According to the Tourism White Paper decided by the Cabinet on the 10th, domestic travel consumption including foreigners for the last year decreased by 66.3% compared to 2019 before the spread of infection due to the influence of the new corona, which is extremely severe. The situation continues.
Furthermore, even for foreign tourists who resumed acceptance from the 10th, it is still not possible to recover to the pre-infection level where the number of tourists visiting Japan exceeded 30 million by relaxing the visa issuance requirements. It will take time.
The white paper points out that it is important to increase per capita consumption in order to achieve a "V-shaped recovery" in the depressed tourism industry amid the ongoing difficult situation, and the wealthy people who have not been able to capture it so far. It says that it should strengthen the attraction of foreign tourists.
Furthermore, as it is necessary to develop high-value-added travel products that make use of the attractive tourism resources of the region, we will support the creation of rehabilitation plans by local governments and the renovation of accommodation facilities that are the face of tourist destinations. Should be.