TOKYO – Hotel room prices in Japan climbed nearly 20 per cent in December compared with the same month before the Covid-19 pandemic. A big reason for the soaring prices has been the jump in the number of overseas travellers to Japan, the Nikkei newspaper...
Last December’s average was also 18.4 per cent higher than the average in December 2019.
According to the Japan National Tourism Organisation, 1.37 million foreign travellers arrived in December, which is 54 per cent of the December 2019 total.In addition to a worker shortage, higher energy prices have also contributed to the spike in hotel room prices. In addition, the government restarted its travel subsidy programme on Jan 10 while foreign travellers continued to arrive.
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