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Japan reopens to tourists with shuttered souvenir shops, hotel staff shortage
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. Spending from overseas visitors will reach only 2.1 trillion yen by 2023 and won't exceed pre-COVID levels until 2025, wrote Nomura Research Institute economist Takahide Kiuchi in a report. Restrictions are still pretty strict compared to other countries." In Kawaguchiko, a lake town at the foot of Mt. Fuji, inns had difficulty staffing before the pandemic amid Japan's tight labour market and they anticipate a similar bottleneck now, said a trade group staffer who asked not to be identified. So, I'm not so sure we can be overjoyed." "From the start of the pandemic until now, we've had just a few foreign guests," said Tokyo innkeeper Sawa. " Source - Money Control #japan #tourism
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