On the 25th, a demonstration experiment by the Japan Tourism Agency was held in Kanazawa City to resume the acceptance of foreign tourists, which is currently suspended, and participants from Australia visited tourist spots in the city.
The government is considering gradually resuming the acceptance of foreign tourists from next month, and the Japan Tourism Agency will test a small number of travel officials from four countries this month: the United States, Australia, Thailand and Singapore. I started a tour that accepts people.
Of these, four people who arrived at Haneda Airport from Australia on the early morning of the 25th moved to Kanazawa by the Hokuriku Shinkansen and visited one of the representative tourist destinations, "Higashi Chaya District".
The Japan Tourism Agency will listen to specific infection countermeasures such as temperature measurement and disinfection that participants actually experienced in this demonstration experiment and their acceptance, and will be an effective method for foreign tourists to protect them in the future. We have decided to put together guidelines for accommodation facilities and travel agencies.
An Australian man who participated said, "I was worried that corona measures would be strict until I came to Japan, but I was able to move from the airport to this point without difficulty. I want to tell you. "
Mr. Misato Naramura, a public relations officer of "Kinki Nippon Tourist" who planned the tour on behalf of the Japan Tourism Agency, said, "I think it is still a long time before the inbound will expand to the previous scale, but we will accept tourists and take measures against infection. I would like to take this opportunity to consider how to promote both. "