Japan will restore the tourism stimulus program

In Japan, the “Go to travel” program was launched from July 2020 to encourage and promote the Domestic tourismto restore economic activities in localities, however, this program had to be continuously halted due to complicated developments of the epidemic.

Until now, when the epidemic tends to calm down, Japan has a plan to restore this program to warm up the tourism and service industry… which is in a frozen state. Accordingly, Japan will have many promotions to restore businesses operating in the field of tourism and services.

According to the Jiji news agency, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to restore the “Go to travel” tourism stimulus program after reassessing the disease spread in localities. With this statement, many businesses operating in the field of tourism and services are hoping that business activities can be restored after a period of stagnation when having to implement restrictive measures to prevent the epidemic.

People wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Tokyo, Japan, December 12, 2020. (Source: THX/VNA)

The Yomiuri newspaper said that before the “Go to travel” program is fully restored, initially tourism stimulus activities will be carried out through reducing travel costs between localities. Next, the Japanese government can implement the same tourism support policy as last year. Accordingly, direct support for businesses so that each tourist can receive a discount of up to 1,500,000 VND for 1 night’s stay while traveling.

According to the Sankei newspaper, the Japanese government planned to restore the tourism stimulus program from January, but it was postponed due to the wave of tourism. COVID-19 epidemic 6. Therefore, this time, the tourism stimulus program will be implemented cautiously. Initially, it may only be implemented in a few areas, and then expanded to the whole country.

This newspaper quoted Mr. Tetsuo Saito – Japan’s Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, saying that the expansion time of the tourism stimulus program will be carefully assessed on the basis of the situation. disease spread.

Mr. Saito said that restoring tourism activities is necessary but must ensure the safety of both tourists and the entire population.

Currently, Japan has changed the criteria for assessing the disease. Based on these new criteria, key epidemic prevention measures will probably be lifted in many localities, creating conditions to reactivate the tourism stimulus program in the near future.

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