Japan to lift travel restrictions but labour shortages dampening hopes for tourism boom

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As Japan throws open its doors to visitors this week after more than two years of pandemic isolation, hopes for a tourism boom face tough headwinds amid shuttered shops and a shortage of hospitality workers.

However, about 73pc of Japan's hotels are short staffedFrom Tuesday, Japan willto dozens of countries, including Australia, and scrap its cap of 50,000 daily arrivals, ending some of the world's strictest border controls to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Arata Sawa is among those eager for the return of foreign tourists, who previously comprised 90 per cent of the guests at his traditional inn in Tokyo. More than half a million tourists have visited Japan so far this year, compared with a record 31.8 million in 2019. In Kawaguchiko, a lake town at the foot of Mt Fuji, inns had staffing difficulties before the pandemic due to Japan's tight labour market. They anticipate a similar bottleneck now, according to a trade group staffer.

 

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