of the further reopening of its borders, travel websites and companies have reported a spike in enquiries, with one seeing a 90 per cent increase in online searches.
"To meet the expected increase in travel demand to Japan during the year-end period, our service to Tokyo via Taipei will be increased to daily flights by end October 2022," the spokesman said.Travel booking website Expedia Group said that flight searches to Japan on its platform"almost doubled on the day of the announcement".
All of this comes after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced the lifting of the restrictions on Thursday , allowing visa-free travel and individual tourism in Japan once again for fully-vaccinated tourists, from Oct 11 onwards.Prior to this, Japan had one of the strictest border measures, only opening to tourists in June, for guided tours.
She is visiting her daughter who is studying in a Tokyo university to celebrate her birthday on Oct 10.“Everything is so convenient and ... easy to plan…even with elderly or with younger kids…Japan is clean. So it's very elderly friendly and is also very children friendly,” she added. She said she missed “the atmosphere and food” in Japan badly and used to visit the country with her family every year prior to the pandemic.Mr Abdul Malek Mustapa, 33, an e-commerce worker, told TODAY he was excited to explore Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto for the first time, without the restrictions, during his trip at the end of October.
A sole proprietor of a money exchange at The Arcade who wanted to be known only as Mr Rahim, 45, told TODAY that he saw around 50 per cent more customers changing Japanese yen.
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