Minister of Foreign Affairs Akabane "Don't need to travel home or travel during large holidays" April 28, 13:20
At the press conference after the Cabinet Meeting, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane once again called for refraining from unnecessary and urgent homecoming and travel during the long holiday period to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.
In this, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane said, "In order to stop the spread of infection, it is important to minimize the movement of people across a wide area during the period of this large holiday."
In addition, regarding the reservation situation during the large holidays, the reservations for reserved seats on the Shinkansen of JR companies have dropped to about 5% during the same period last year, while the reservations for domestic airlines are about 10%, and It has been revealed that the number of reservations for accommodations for one week from the 29th through travel agencies has dropped to around 6%.
Mr. Akabane said, "I understand that the effect of self-restraint has been effective to a certain extent, but the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport wants to monitor the situation so that reservations do not increase just before the consecutive holidays." It was.
In addition, on the 26th, Governor Tamaki of Okinawa Prefecture called for cancellation of the trip, saying that there are more than 60,000 people who will come to Okinawa for a long holiday with his Twitter on the 26th. "By confirming the latest reservation status with each airline, as of the 27th, there were approximately 15,000 reservations coming from outside Okinawa Prefecture to Okinawa during the long holidays. I would like to ask you all to refrain from unnecessary homecoming and travel, "he said.