Japan eases borders for tourists but worries about foreign ‘bad manners’ triggering coronavirus | South China Morning Post
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Japan eases borders for tourists but worries about foreign ‘bad manners’ triggering coronavirus. Relaxing strict Covid measures took months of pressure from travel trade because government feared public backlash if infections spiked. There are concerns visitors who don’t wear masks or use hand sanitiser could spread infections again; against backdrop of economic woes
Published: 6:03pm, 30 May, 2022
Japan’s easing of a two-year ban on foreign tourists seeks to balance the enormous economic importance of tourism with concerns that travellers would trigger a Covid outbreak, insiders say.The decision means Japan will allow in a limited number of foreign tourists on package tours starting June 10. Last week a few “test tours”, mainly of overseas travel agents, started to arrive
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