At a press conference after the cabinet meeting, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito announced a policy to implement a new measure to stimulate tourism demand, "National Travel Assistance," from October 11 to late December.
Nationwide travel support is a new measure to stimulate tourism demand that the government will introduce nationwide, in place of the "prefectural discount" that encourages travel within prefectures. It was planned to be done, but the implementation was postponed due to the spread of the 7th wave of infection.
The government had indicated a policy to start from October 11, but Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting on the 26th that the implementation period would be ``while considering future demand trends, for the time being. We will implement it until the end of December."
With the nationwide tourism support, you can receive a maximum discount of 8,000 yen per person per night, and a maximum of 11,000 yen including coupons.
Minister Saito said, ``While travelers continue to take basic infection control measures such as wearing masks, we will utilize 'National Travel Support' to support long-distance trips using transportation and weekday trips. I would like you to enjoy such things," and expressed hope that it would lead to support for the tourism industry.