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The Japanese government has announced that it will remove all restrictions on the entry of foreign tourists starting on the 11th of next month.
It is now possible to personally travel to Japan without a visa, but it has been 2 years and 6 months since entry was restricted due to the spread of the 19 Crown.
Correspondent Hyun Young-jun from Tokyo delivers.
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This afternoon is Odaiba, a tourist destination that embraces the Tokyo suburbs.
It is a tourist attraction in Tokyo and a representative tourist attraction popular with foreigners.
However, compared to the previous Corona 19, the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan has dropped to 5%.
Japan was geographically close to Korea, has many historic tourist destinations, and developed a natural environment and food culture, which made it a country visited by many Koreans.
The route to Japan, which had been completely blocked due to the Crown but was phased out this year, was completely closed after two and a half years.
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“From 11 October, Japan will ease border controls (like the United States) and resume private and visa-free travel.”
In Japan, foreign tourists were welcomed to stimulate the slow economy, and tourists were also less burdened by the lower prices than before due to the weak yen.
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“I think Japan has done a good job regulating the corona virus, and now (tourism) is about to pick up, so I think it’s a very appropriate time.”
The expectations for this train, already predicted, have already been reflected and the booking rate for other countries has increased by 173%, while Japan has risen by more than 700%.
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“We are seeing that there will be many more bookings in the future than we have done so far and we anticipate that it will be an opportunity for overseas travel to become more normal, starting with Japan.”
Local governments in Japan have also called for the expansion of air routes to increase the number of tourists visiting Korea.
In 2017 and 2018, before the No-Japan Movement due to worsening relations between the two countries, the number of Korean tourists to Japan averaged over 7 million per year.
I’m Young-Jun Hyun of MBC News from Tokyo.
Video Coverage: Kim Jin-ho / Video Editing: Park Cheon-gyu
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