Japan to Begin Trial to Accept Foreign Tourists in June

Scuttlebutt from the tourism industry is that this will include prepackaged itineraries through DMCs, inbound organizers, and travel agents... which is a huge amount of potential tourists.

It's a way to limit the numbers and build things back up slowly, but more importantly I still read this as a way to make sure that - for at least a short time - business is being given to the travel industry as a sort of unofficial bailout. Remember, the head of JTB is Abe's bestie and Go To was designed to benefit that company specifically. Once we know more details about if these packages can only go through domestic companies like JTB, then we will see how deep this grift goes. If they allow visitors through inbound organizers like EXO, for example, from the beginning, it will be a little more legit.

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