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Japanese domestic recovery program ‘Go To Travel’ users reached 82.8 million guest night in total with a budget of 484 billion JPY

Nippon Express Travel, founded in 1955 in Japan, will be dissolved in the end of March, despite no debt

Domestic travel sales of 47 major travel companies in Japan recovered to a 26% reduction in November 2020, boosted by Go To Travel

More than 60% of all bookings in hotels in Kyoto City were cancelled in New Year holiday period due to suspension of ‘Go To Travel’

Japan Railway East prepares remote work environment in the bullet train ‘Shinkansen’ for business travelers

Exhibitors in cancelled Tourism EXPO Japan Tokyo deliver messages online to the travel industry of Japan

Entries of short-term business travelers from 11 designated countries and regions into Japan are suspended

Sharing economy market scale of Japan is expected to grow to 14 trillion JPY in FY2030 without anxiety about COVID-19

Japan Tourism Agency cancels registrations of seven DMO candidates under the new guideline

ANA and JAL will cut additional domestic flights during the state of emergency declaration

ANA and JAL suffered a 60% decrease in passengers during the 2020-2021New Year holidays, affected by suspension of ‘Go To Travel’

The government declares the second state of emergency in Tokyo and three neighbor prefectures, sticking to Tokyo Olympics this summer

Kyoto City saw a 43% increase in Japanese guest nights in hotels in November 2020, the largest YOY growth ever

Japanese guest nights in Japan recovered to a 16% reduction in November 2020, though low occupancy rates continued in urban areas

JNTO survey says more than 50% of people in Taiwan and Hong Kong are willing to visit Japan in 2021

More than half of Japanese are interested in vacation rental as an option of accommodations, despite low awareness as a whole

Japan will suspend new entries from all of foreign countries and regions and 14-days quarantine exemption until the end of January 2021

Users of ‘Go To Travel,’ Japan’s domestic travel recovery initiative, reached 68.5 million as of the end of November, using a budget of 400 billion JPY

Tokyo Disneyland introduces a dynamic pricing system in the next March and ‘early entry ticket’ for guests of Disney hotels

Japan Tourism Agency budgets creation of new travel styles including Workcation and promotion of DX as new policies in FY2021

Travel consumption of 318.7 billion JPY may be lost due to nationwide tentative suspension of the Japan’s domestic travel recovery initiative

Sales of 47 major travel companies in Japan recovered to a 66% reduction in October 2020, boosted by Go To Travel

Japanese overseas travelers were down 98.1% to 30,000 in November 2020

International arrivals in Japan remained a 97.7% reduction in November 2020, despite doubling from October

Dropping to net loss of 25 billion JPY for FY2020, HIS is forcing through shutdown of 105 retail stores in Japan

Japan’s domestic travel recovery initiative ‘Go To Travel’ will be suspended nationwide until January 11 2021

Kyoto saw the first growth of Japanese guest nights in the past 13 months in October 2020 with the occupancy rate of 40% of higher

Japan Tourism Agency boosts ‘decentralized travel’ as a New Normal traveling style

JTB survey finds 85% have no plan to travel during the New Year holidays amid an increase in COVID-19 cases

JAL provides all international flight passengers with a COVID-19 insurance service for positive cases in traveling

70% of Vietnamese travel agents want to restart selling travel in Japan by the next cherry blossom season

Japanese domestic guest nights recovered well to a 20% reduction in October 2020, clearly boosted by ‘Go To Travel’ initiative

World's domestic travel recovery promotion case studies 2020 to survive the COVID-19 crisis, varying from country to country

JAL proposes a new lifestyle amid COVID-19, selling tours to motivate living in two regions

JAL-affiliated LCC ZIPAIR sells an optional PCR test package to Hawaii flight passengers for their confidences

The Japanese government decides extension of ‘Go To Travel’ initiative to June 2021 and reception of small group inbound travelers

Japan’s domestic travel recovery initiative ‘Go To Travel’ users reached 52.6 million by November 15 with discount amount of 300 billion JPY

Okinawa targets 7 million incoming travelers in FY2021, focusing on revival of school trips in the recovery project

Home sharing registrations in Japan have reduced due to unprofitability amid COVID-19

JTB seeks profit in the next fiscal year, accelerating the digital-base businesses for new values and lifestyles

ANA is seeking up to 332.1 billion JPY by issuing new stocks for its business portfolio reform to survive the unprecedented crisis

Japan’s domestic travel recovery program ‘Go To Travel’ excludes Osaka and Sapporo, where COVID-19 cases increase again

Japanese overseas travelers were down 98.1% to 31,000 in October 2020

JTB launches ‘resort working’ subscription program in Okinawa, offering all-you-can-use services for a year

International arrivals in Japan remained a 98.9% reduction in October 2020

JAL-affiliated LCC ZIPAIR is ready to fly to Honolulu on December 19, serving a PCR test package as an option

JTB is cutting 6,500 jobs and cost of 140 billion JPY to survive the COVID-19 crisis, posting record-high half-year deficit

Japanese LCC Peach Aviation offers one-stop service of flight booking and antigen test for confidence to travel

48 major travel companies in Japan still struggled with a 78.9% reduction in sales in September 2020, despite the domestic travel was boosted by the campaign

ANA will augment its Haneda-Honolulu service to two flights a week in this coming December