Ski resorts in Fukushima Prefecture, which had been expecting business this season blessed with snow, were affected by the nationwide suspension of "Go To Travel" due to a state of emergency that was expected to be issued to one of the three prefectures in the Tokyo metropolitan area. There are voices that are worried that the depressed customers will be further depressed.
The resort hotel ski resort "Listel Ski Fantasia" in Inawashiro-cho opened this season on the 26th of last month.
Most of the users are from the Tokyo metropolitan area, and the number of customers reaches the first peak every year during the year-end and New Year holidays, but this season we stayed after the announcement of the nationwide suspension of "Go To Travel" before the opening of business. Reservation cancellations occurred one after another.
Ski resort users have fallen to about 30% of the average year, as they did last season when they suffered from lack of snow.
It snowed a lot this season and the slopes were in good condition, but the figures were sparse for five days.
Kazu Unai, deputy manager of the hotel that operates the ski resort, said, "Last year there was a record shortage of snow, and the number of users has continued to be small due to the influence of the new corona. Since they are people who come, if an emergency declaration is made here, the number of visitors may decrease further. "