[Japon] Japan’s Go To Travel plan spurs fears of ‘man-made’ COVID disaster
Auteurs : Eri Sugiura, Nikkei staff writer
Production : Nikkei
Diffusion : site de Nikkei Asian Review
Date : 21 juillet 2020
As Thailand and Taiwan seek to boost tourism, Tokyo residents barred from scheme
NIKKO, Japan — Masaki Hirano, a hotelier in Japan’s historic city of Nikko, is facing a wave of cancellations from guests in Tokyo. Due to begin on Wednesday, a government plan offering 1.3 trillion yen ($12.6 billion) of travel subsidies aimed at helping coronavirus-battered local economies was scaled down last week. A surge of infections in Tokyo — cases hit a daily high of nearly 300 on Friday — prompted the government to exclude residents of the capital and those traveling there from using the initiative.
Source : Eri Sugiura, « Japan’s Go To Travel plan spurs fears of ‘man-made’ COVID disaster », Nikkei Asian Review, 21/07/2020. URL : https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia-Insight/Japan-s-Go-To-Travel-plan-spurs-fears-of-man-made-COVID-disaster (consulté le 21/07/2020)
Photo « à la une » : A hotel worker wearing a protective face mask and goggles is seen through a plastic partition at the reception desk of Mitsui Garden Hotel Nihonbashi Premier in Tokyo on June 26. © Reuters
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IAOdocJ (21 juillet 2020). [Japon] Japan’s Go To Travel plan spurs fears of ‘man-made’ COVID disaster. Asie Orientale et Coronavirus. Consulté le 13 février 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/n7h3