Serious blow to Kyoto city lodgings New coronavirus March 18 at 0:37
While the number of tourists is decreasing due to the spread of the new coronavirus, some industry groups have been severely affected, such as some guesthouses and other lodging facilities in Kyoto that have been closed down. Survey revealed.
The Kyoto Syukushojo Federation, which includes small-scale lodging facilities such as guesthouses and guesthouses, conducted an emergency survey on the effects of the new coronavirus from October 10 to 16, and received responses from 70 operators. .
As a result, 34.3% of the three facilities have decided to go out of business and responded that "they are considering going out of business", or if the situation continues, "there is a possibility of going out of business". Was.
While 18.6% of respondents say they are considering or considering a business conversion, less than half, or 43%, said they would continue their accommodation business.
In terms of sales this month, approximately 60% of facilities said they are expected to lose more than 60% compared to last year.
In Kyoto city, the number of lodging facilities has increased sharply in the last five years due to the increase in foreign tourists, and there have been about 3,300 facilities as of January, but they have been severely hit. Became embossed.
"We are devastating and want to take immediate measures such as suspending payments that do not require repayment and suspending the accommodation tax," said Deputy Representative Yuki Levacuere of the Kyoto Simple Post House Federation.
There are also hotels where you can raise funds online
A variety of initiatives have begun in Kyoto city accommodations, such as raising funds through the Internet and offering cheap accommodation plans, in order to survive the sudden decline in the number of guests.
A guesthouse opened 9 years ago after renovating a machiya in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto has been collecting funding through cloud funding from the 5th of this month.
Those who have provided more than 3,000 yen have received an invitation ticket for accommodation that can be used for five years, which means that about 720,000 yen has been collected so far.
At this guest house, last month's sales were down about 80% compared to the same month last year, and now they have reduced their room rates by about 30%, but still few new guests are coming.
The owner of Mitsuo Okano of "Kyomachiya Guest House Makuya" said, "It's very difficult to see the destination, but I'll do whatever I can and I'll manage to look forward."