Tokyo prepares to turn cruise liners into floating hotels to accommodate 2020 Olympics crowds.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will attract an estimated 10 million visitors to the host city but it has become increasingly clear there will not be sufficient accommodation for them.
“We have started to sell packages to travel agents and the reaction has been very positive,” said Kaori Mori, head of branding for domestic travel giant JTB. “They are getting a lot of inquiries, in part because it is going to be totally different to staying in a hotel. A lot of people like the idea because they’re getting the experience of a cruise at the same time as be able to attend the Olympics.
Likewise, Tokyo’s metropolitan government will partner with Switzerland-based MSC Cruises SA to moor the 992-room MSC Lirica in Tokyo Bay during the Olympics.This accommodation shortfall is despite the hotel construction boom underway in Tokyo, driven partly by the Olympics but also as a result of a sharp increase in inbound tourists in recent years.
To meet demand, new hotels bearing the Hyatt, Koe, Henn-na, Kimpton and Nohga brands have opened or will open across the city and the surrounding region.
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