Just 17 per cent of the population, held passports as of December, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
People visit Kameido Tenjin Shrine, a famous tourist spot for wisteria blossoms, in front of the Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo on April 18.A weaker yen, high air fares and tepid wage growth are keeping outbound travel stuck well below pre-pandemic levels. Just 1.22 million ventured abroad in March, 36.8 per cent less compared with the same period in 2019, according to the Japan National Tourism Organisation. Meanwhile, a record number of tourists visited the island nation in March.
“It might be some time before I travel abroad again; it’s overpriced now – food and everything,” said Ms Tomoyo Shimoya, 39, who was celebrating her birthday at the Hatoya Hotel earlier in April because it was more affordable. An overnight stay with breakfast and dinner at the hotel, located a couple of hours from Tokyo, costs around 15,000 yen per person. That compares with an average of US$375 per night for a hotel room in Hawaii.
Haraguchi expects Sun Hatoya’s occupation rate to be at 80 per cent during the upcoming Golden Week holidays. With their architecture mostly the same since they were built in the 1970s, the Hatoya hotels have become popular destinations for Instagrammers seeking retro vibes, with banquet halls, dinner shows and an aquarium-equipped hot spring.
Although ANA and Japan Airlines posted solid results in the fiscal third-quarter, they are at a risk of losing international market share, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Eric Zhu. Lacklustre outbound travel “will likely constrain ANA and JAL’s profit potential this year with the duo needing to fight an uphill battle against foreign airlines for inbound visitors”, he said.
The government needs to urge people to get passports – some have called for lower fees and airlines have even offered to subsidise the costs – in order to encourage overseas travel, according to Mr Masahiko Inada, director at the Japan Association of Travel Agents.
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