'Everything evaporated': Olympics' overseas fan ban hits Japan tourism

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Toshiko Ishii spent US$180,000 renovating her traditional Japanese inn in expectation of a flood of tourists for the Tokyo Olympics, but now she ...

In preparation for the influx, Ishii doubled the size of her hotel's restaurant and upgraded the antique decor and kitchen.

"I was sad and disappointed ... but you cannot stand still," he said, saying his company is implementing strict sanitation measures to keep domestic customers coming. A decision on whether to limit domestic fans has not yet been made, but crowd restrictions and the exclusion of foreign fans could mean losses of around 200 billion yen, according to Takahide Kiuchi, an executive economist at Nomura Research Institute.

Domestic travel ticked up in the second half of 2020 thanks to a controversial government campaign that ended in late December as infections rose.

 

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