Reference News Website, February 18 report: According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun, due to the cooling of Chinese tourists' travel to Japan during the Spring Festival, hotels that rely on Chinese group tours have experienced "closure" phenomena.
The report said that the Chinese Spring Festival holiday is usually a peak season for Japan to welcome a large number of Chinese tourists. However, due to Japanese Prime Minister Takahashi Hayato's remarks on Taiwan in the Diet, the number of Chinese tourists traveling to Japan has significantly decreased. Japanese hotels that rely on Chinese group tourists have even experienced closures.
"Because there are no guests, we are closed today," said the manager of a hotel in Shizuoka Prefecture during an interview with the Asahi Shimbun on the 17th.
The report said that group tourists account for about 10% of all Chinese tourists visiting Japan. Many hotels rely on this group of tourists. This hotel also mainly obtains guests through Chinese-oriented group travel agencies. With nearly 50 rooms, if there are three tour buses of guests, the occupancy rate can reach 90%.
At a press conference on the 16th, Masataka Abe, president of Japan Royal Holdings, said that "the performance of hotels operated by our company has declined." He pointed out that this is because there are more Chinese tourists in the Kansai region.
The report also pointed out that the decline in Chinese tourists traveling to Japan has had a significant impact on Japanese department stores. A public relations officer at a department store in Tokyo said: "The absence of Chinese group tourists has had a big impact."
Translation: Shen Honghui
Original: toutiao.com/article/7608050177059914255/
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