Impact of heavy rain Canceled at accommodations in hot spring resorts Gifu Gero July 11 18:04
Due to the heavy rain this time, reservations were canceled one after another at accommodations in the hot spring town of Gero City, Gifu Prefecture, and the tourism industry in the region was severely hit.
There are more than 40 lodging facilities in the hot spring town in the center of Gero city, Gifu prefecture, which attracts more than one million people a year. Although there was no damage near the hot spring town due to the heavy rain this time, reservations for lodging were canceled one after another.
It is said that even one of the ryokan in the center of the hot spring town had about 50 cancellations through the internet, etc. from 7th to 11th of this month.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus, this inn could not operate as usual due to the suspension of business for two months from April to May.
It means that we started full-scale operation last month, and finally this month, the number of customers has returned to about 80% of the same period last year.
Tetsuo Kanda, president of the hot spring inn "Kisoya," said, "I feel that even though the new coronavirus is still affecting our customers' footsteps, the heavy rains have caused us to cancel one after another. "I'm not sure if I can continue to benefit from the Go To campaign of the country starting on the 22nd of this month, so I'm worried about the future."