Japan to lift COVID restrictions on foreign tourists next month
(VOVWORLD) -Japan will lift COVID-19 border control requirements next month, a key step in fostering a recovery of its tourism sector, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday on the sideline of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
 A shopping street in Hyogo prefecture, Japan (Photo: AFP/ VNA) |
On October 11 Japan will restore visa waivers to people from certain countries as long as they are vaccinated, scrap the daily limit of 50,000 arrivals, and may also revise regulations that allow hotels to refuse guests who don’t abide by infection controls such as mask wearing.
Japan has geared up tourism promotion activities and fee reductions for tourism services and entertainment events to boost its service sector, which was hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.