High demand for Japan travel with weaker yen, but tour prices go up

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Since 2015, consultant Jastine Goh, 32, has been making annual trips to Japan to snowboard, explore and enjoy the food. So, in October 2021, after vaccinated travel lanes were announced, he made a pre-emptive booking to lock in fares. Mr Goh, whose last trip to Japan was in early 2020,...

Mr Ong Hanjie, a director at the agency, observes that customers were less price-conscious and quicker to book tours than before the pandemic."Singaporeans love Japan a lot and are dying to go back," he says.

Its executive director Shin Fujimoto says these early bookings are indicative of pent-up travel demand among people in Singapore, who have been making inquiries since March. But managing director Risa Nishimura says tour packages will cost 10 to 20 per cent more than before the pandemic, an estimate echoed by industry players.

Tech consultant Chan Guo Wei, 30, is planning to travel with his wife and parents to Hokkaido in September.

 

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