I thought I managed to beat the tourist crowds on my recent trip to Japan.
She said queues may be longer because of staffing issues, and the crowds were likely a mix of local and foreign tourists. The former group is taking advantage of"Because of the domestic campaign, everyone is going to Mount Fuji or Hakone on the weekend," leading to traveling time almost doubling, she said.
At Ichiran, a ramen chain popular with foreign tourists, I waited 40 minutes for a seat despite arriving at around 11 a.m. Several would-be customers left after hearing the estimated waiting time. Tokudaw's Aw said bookings with her company remain strong for the year-end period, at around 85% of pre-Covid levels. She observed an"abrupt drop" in January bookings, followed by an uptick in April, when cherry blossoms bloom.
He said working adults and friend or family groups are also traveling around the Lunar New Year holiday in January 2023.Singaporeans love Japanese food, and that's one of the reasons why they're returning to Japan, said Fritz Ho of H.I.S. International Travel. To be clear, despite the recovery in tourism, October's arrivals are still only a fraction of the more than 2 million people per month in 2019, before the Covid pandemic hit.
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