All towns and villages in the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands Weekend sightseeing request for self-restraint of Kurushima

All towns and villages in the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands Weekend sightseeing request for refraining from visiting islands May 29 17:18

We will celebrate the first weekend on the 30th after the national emergency declaration, which was also issued in Tokyo, was lifted, but all towns and villages in the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands will be infected with the new coronavirus. We request that we refrain from visiting Kurushima for tourism purposes, saying that it has not completely settled.

A total of nine towns and villages in Tokyo, located in the Izu Islands and the Ogasawara Islands, have requested that they refrain from unnecessarily rushing islands to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

It will be the first weekend of 30 days since the country's declaration of emergency, which had been issued to Tokyo, was lifted, but these local governments continue to request that they refrain from visiting Kurushima for tourism purposes.

We also call on the islanders to refrain from moving to the mainland whenever possible, except for special reasons such as going to the hospital.

According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, only one person has been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in these municipalities by the 28th, but the self-restraint of Kurushima for tourism, which is one of the major industries, has been continued this weekend. Regarding the reason for requesting, each local government has pointed out that the spread of new coronavirus infection has not completely settled and that the medical system on the island is limited.

In the future, some local governments will relax their self-restraint requests from the first day of the next week, but some local governments will continue to request self-restraint until the end of next month.

Holidays such as souvenir shops and camellia gardens continue

Among these, in Oshima Town of the Izu Islands, the ferry terminal is closed at souvenir shops.

In addition, Tsubaki Garden and Zoo in the Oshima Park, which is a tourist spot, will be closed for the time being.

According to the town, the number of people who visited the island in March decreased by 55% compared to the same period last year, and by 86% in April.

Mayor Toshihiro Mitsuji of Oshima-machi told the NHK interview that "the number of visitors to the island will increase the risk of infection. On the other hand, tourism, which is one of the major industries, is expected. If we continue to request the island's self-restraint, we will have a great impact on the island's economy, and we will fall into a dilemma during that time, "he said.

The town is planning to decide if it can cancel the self-restraint request after the middle of next month, but Mayor Mitsuji said, "I do not think that the number of tourists will increase immediately even if the self-restraint request is lifted. We are also concerned about the impact of July and August, which is an increase in the number of islands visited by families every year, as the number of cases where the number of households is shortened increases.