Japan Domestic Travel

The Japanese government has decided to exclude travels from/to Tokyo for the government's leading domestic recovery campaign 'Go To Travel' because of an increase in COVID-19 cases in Tokyo.

JTB has launched New Normal-based corporate incentive travel to give a travel product gift to an individual employee, not conventional group travel, amid COVID-19 crisis. An employee can use the travel gift whenever he or she wants to go.

The Japanese government has decided to begin 'Go To Travel' campaign on July 22 2020 to boost domestic travel demand, although COVID-19 cases have recently increased again nationwide, particularly in Tokyo.

Japanese prime minister Abe officially announced to allow people to travel crossing prefectures on June 19 and also to start discussion with four designated Vietnam, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand for exceptional travels in advance.

Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB) is developing a local tourism supplier support campaign to encourage residents in Okinawa to travel in Okinawa with a financial support of $150 a traveler.

'Domestic travel' as keyword soared on Google search in May in Japan, and relevance searches with 'when' and 'support' increased maybe because of the government's initiative 'Go To Campaign.'

Tourism Minister Akaba said 'GO TO Campaign' for tourism recovery in Japan will be launched in July this year, for which public offering for four targeting areas started on May 26.