5:16 on February 12 due to a decrease in visitors from the Sapporo Snow Festival
The number of visitors to the Sapporo Snow Festival, which closed on the 11th, was about 2.02 million, a decrease of 710,000, or 26%, compared to last year's record-high. The Executive Committee believes that the spread of the new coronavirus caused a decrease in tourists from China and other factors.
According to the announcement of the Sapporo Snow Festival Executive Committee, there were 2021,000 people who visited the 71st `` Sapporo Snow Festival '', 716,000 since last year, which was the highest number of visitors ever People decreased by 26.2%.
The number of visitors is the fifth smallest since 1993, when statistics are now taken in the current form, and the executive committee has reduced the number of Chinese tourists due to the spread of the new coronavirus, Furthermore, it has been said that the cancellation of group visits at local elementary schools and kindergartens and that international flights from South Korea have been reduced or suspended.
Shinji Mae of the "Sapporo Snow Festival Executive Committee" says, "It's a shame that we're down. We hope that more people come next year."