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Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB) targets 3.7 million arrivals in FY2020 and 6.7 million domestic arrivals and 300,000 international arrivals in FY2021, supposing that the current COVID-19 condition including travel restrictions, will improve.

The number of home sharing hosts giving up their businesses reached 7,807 as of November 10 2020, according to Japan Tourism Agency, The major reason is 'Not expecting to make a profit' amid the COVID-19 crisis with a share of 49.1%.

JTB aims to achieve operating profit of 30 billion JPY as early as FY2024 and 45 billion JPY as early as FY2028, for which its new midterm business plan focuses on accelerating the digital-base business for new values and lifestyles services not only relying on people's movement.

ANA has decided to raise as much as 332.1 billion JPY by issuing new stocks to consolidate its financial base and to accelerate its business portfolio reform including purchase of efficient and eco-friendly Boeing 787.

The Japanese government decided to exclude Osaka City and Sapporo City as destinations from the domestic travel recovery initiative 'Go To Travel' by December 15 2020 because COVID-19 cases have rapidly been increasing.

The number of Japanese overseas travelers was down 98.1% year on year to 31,000 in October 2020, as the reduction rates of international flights and available seats were unchanged from the previous month.

JTB has started selling the subscription-typed resort working program in Okinawa, which allows you to use a hotel, co-working places, rent-a-car, delivery of baggage and flights to resort islands for a year whenever you want to, by paying 30,000 JPY.

The number of international arrivals in Japan was down 98.9% year on year to 27,400 in October 2020. Visitors from five markets accounted for half of the total including the most 6,200 from Vietnam (-86.7%).

ZIPAIR Tokyo, a JAL subsidiary LCC, will serve 16 Narita-Honolulu flights in the period between December 19 and the end of January 2021, offering a PCR test package at Narita Airport as an option service.

Posting record-high half-year deficit due to COVID-19, JTB is cutting 6,500 jobs and cost of 140 billion JPY and shutting 25% of all retail stores in Japan (115 stores) to survive the ongoing crisis and also is leveraging the domestic dynamic package business.

Japanese LCC Peach Aviation offers an antigen test opportunity to a passenger at test fee of 3,000 JPY on domestic Kansai-Miyazaki and Kansai-Amami routes. Peach expects to verify how the test is effective to improve travelers’ confidences.

Sales of 48 major travel companies unprecedentedly reduced by 78.9% year on year to 91.9 billion JPY in total in September 2020, and sales of domestic travel were down by 62.8% to 88.4 billion JPY, however, the monthly reduction rate improved from 76.3% in August.

ANA will increase Haneda-Honolulu services in this coming December and during the New Year holiday period, following start of pre-test program for Japanese travelers by State of Hawaii.

The number of guest nights for Japanese domestic travel recovery initiative ‘Go To Travel’ reached 39.8 million by the end of October, and the average supported amount by the government was 4,743 JPY a traveler a night.

KNT-CT Holdings has decided to carry out drastic business reform by giving up long-history package tour brands 'Mate' and 'Holiday,' closing two-thirds of retail stores nationwide and cutting one-third of all 7,000 employees to survive the current crisis.

The total number of Japanese guest nights was down 37.4% year on year to 25.3 million in September 2020, improving from a 51.8% reduction in August 2020, and the average occupancy rate was still low with 35.6%, but improved from 31.9% in August 2020.

HIS has started selling its package tour brand Ciao for Hawaii and Guam departing after December 20 2020, which include HIS’s original travel insurance and compensation for an unexpected cancellation before departing.

Guest nights of the government’s domestic travel recovery initiative ‘Go To Travel’ reached about 31.4 million in the period between the launch day of July 22 and October 15 2020, doubling from 16.9 million announced on September 15.

JAL is financing up to 168 billion JPY, looking at its business after COVID-19, to introduce environment-friendly A350 and to leverage the LCC business including ZIPAIR. Also, Smart Airport program, including contactless services, will be accelerated.

JAL Group posted operating revenue of 194.7 billion JPY (-74% year on year) and net loss of 161.2 billion JPY (net profit of 54.1 billion JPY a year ago) for the second quarter of FY2020, forecasting net loss of 270 billion JPY to 240 billion JPY for the full year of FY2020 ended March 31 2021.