Data map: A woman walks past the Tokyo Olympics poster.
Chinanews.com, March 24. A few days ago, the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics announced that they would not accept overseas spectators.
This decision may cause serious economic losses.
In addition to the loss of tickets, the Olympic APP, which has been developed and invested heavily in the face of overseas tourists, may also be shelved.
Earlier, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee issued a statement announcing that due to the current global new crown epidemic, overseas audiences will not be allowed to enter Japan to watch the Olympics and Paralympics. Tickets for the Olympics and Paralympics purchased by overseas audiences will be refunded.
The most direct loss of not accepting overseas audiences is ticket refunds.
In the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee's plan, the total number of refunds is as many as 630,000.
Although these tickets will be re-sold in Japan after they are refunded, there are only about 4 months left before the opening of the Olympics. A report by the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) pointed out that if overseas refunds cannot be re-sold in Japan, ticketing may be possible. There will be losses of tens of billions of yen.
In addition, a smart phone APP that the Japanese government has promoted for overseas audiences is also in an awkward situation.
According to previous reports from Kyodo News, the APP requires a total investment of about 7.3 billion yen (about 450 million yuan), and now this huge investment is also facing the situation of being shelved.
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