Japan is piloting opening doors to foreign tourists

This is a new decision made by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Japan Notice on 5/17.

The decision to reopen was made on the basis that the COVID-19 epidemic in Japan is gradually improving, the health system as well as disease control measures are ensured.

According to Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, starting from the end of May, Japan will begin a trial of opening its doors to foreign tourists, which will initially only be tourists from Japan. 4 countries are the US, Australia, Singapore and Thailand. Prerequisites for tourists of these countries to be able to Entry to Japan If you need to get 3 vaccines, tourists will have to use the package service, implement disease control measures at the request of the government and travel agencies.

Japan will begin a trial of opening its doors to foreign tourists from the end of May. (Photo: AP)

The Japanese government will discuss with a number of localities to select certain tourist attractions that tourists can visit during this test. In parallel with the decision to open the door to foreign tourists, Japan is expected to increase the limit on the number of people entering the country from 10,000 to 20,000 per day and exempt visitors from PCR testing upon arrival at the airport if there is a test. negative within 72 hours prior to entry.

The Japanese government said the decision Open to foreign visitors will be implemented step by step, disease safety is still a top priority. The results of this reopening trial will be the basis for Japan to decide whether to continue easing entry restriction measures or not.

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