It is estimated that the number of people who travel domestically with overnight stays this year will recover to about 90% of the pre-coronavirus crisis.
JTB, a major travel agency, has predicted travel demand for this year based on consumer surveys and national statistics.
According to this, the number of people who go on domestic trips for one night or more is expected to increase by 8.6% from last year to 266 million, and to recover to 91.2% compared to 2019 before the spread of the new corona infection. is.
We believe that the desire to travel is increasing due to the effects of the "nationwide travel support" that allows you to receive discounts on travel fees.
On the other hand, 8.4 million people will go on overseas trips, nearly three times as many as last year.
In the survey, when asked under what circumstances they would like to travel abroad, 27.1% of the respondents answered, "If the yen continues to appreciate." It can be seen that this situation is putting a damper on the recovery of demand.
In addition, the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan is expected to surge to 21.1 million, a 5.5-fold increase from last year, and to recover to about 66% compared to 2019.
It is assumed that tourists from China, which accounted for 30% of foreign tourists before the spread of infection, will increase after July. It seems that it will affect the inbound demand of