[Japon] Japan reopens to individual foreign tourists, lifts arrival cap

Auteurs : rédaction de Sachiko MIWA, Staff Writer de The Asahi Shimbun

Production : The Asahi Shimbun

Diffusion : site anglais de Asahi shimbun, The Asahi Shimbun Asia&Japan Watch

Date : 11 octobre 2022

Individual foreign tourists could finally enter Japan with few restrictions on Oct. 11, when the government lifted most of its remaining COVID-19 border controls. Gone is the unpopular requirement that tourists must travel on package tours to be allowed into Japan. The government also removed its cap on daily arrivals and resumed visa-free entry for short-term travelers from visa-exempt countries or regions.

Source : « Japan reopens to individual foreign tourists, lifts arrival cap », The Asahi Shimbun, 11/10/2022. URL : https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14739832 (consulté le 11/10/2022)

Voir également :

« Japan scraps COVID border controls in hopes of reviving tourism boom », Kyodo News, 11/10/2022. URL : https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/10/d95c9faf7756-japan-scraps-covid-border-controls-in-hopes-of-reviving-tourism-boom.html (consulté le 11/10/2022)

« Tears and relief as Japan fully reopens to foreign travelers – Weak yen has tourism sector hopeful for a bonanza », Nikkei Asia, 11/10/2022. URL : https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Travel-Leisure/Tears-and-relief-as-Japan-fully-reopens-to-foreign-travelers (consulté le 11/10/2022)

« Japan’s eagerly anticipated reopening gets off to slow start », The Japan Temes, 11/10/2022. URL : https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/10/11/national/border-reopening-few-tourists/ (consulté le 11/10/2022)

Photo « à la une » : Foreign tourists visit the observation deck at Mount Arakurayama Sengen Park in Fuji-Yoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Oct. 11. The deck is a famous spot for viewing Mount Fuji. (Go Takahashi / Asahi Shimbun)

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