Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito said that he has secured a sufficient budget for a series of suspensions of reservations at travel agencies, etc. due to the "National Travel Assistance", a measure to stimulate tourism demand in the country that started this week. In addition, I reiterated my intention to proceed with measures to ensure that the budget allocation to business operators is performed appropriately.
With the "national travel support" that started on the 11th of this month, where you can receive discounts on travel fees, travel agencies have already stopped booking travel products one after another.
Regarding this, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Saito said in a press conference after the cabinet meeting, "The Japan Tourism Agency has secured a sufficient budget and distributed it to prefectures. I would like to respond appropriately," he said, acknowledging that the budget itself has been sufficiently secured.
On top of that, Minister Saito said, ``We take the situation very seriously when we cannot accept reservations. He reiterated his intention to take action, such as urging prefectures to appropriately allocate budgets to business operators.