The tourism industry in Takayama City hopes vaccination rollout to proceed as planned as it prepares to accept tourists as before
Japan has declared states of emergency for the third time three months before the Tokyo Olympics Japan has declared states of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka and two other prefectures on April 23 as the country desperately contain a resurgent coronavirus pandemic three months before the Tokyo Olympics. The measures took effect on April 25 and the government hopes to end it on May 11. Large department stores, shopping malls, amusement parks and movie theaters were asked to close. Restaurants and karaoke parlors were asked to shorten their hours, and serving alcohol was banned. Those measures also hit tourism industry hard. Overseas guests and their consumption plummeted due to the pandemic According to the accommodation travel statistics released by the Japan Tourism Agency, the number of guests in February 2021 was 17.85 million, a decrease of 52% from the same month of the previous year. With government's support measure for tourism industry, "Go To Travel" program bein