South Korea "grabs people"!, Chinese tourists to Japan sharply decrease
According to a report by World News Network on September 4th, after China lifted travel restrictions to Japan, there was a wave of Chinese tourists visiting Japan. However, this trend has significantly cooled down with Japan's launch of nuclear contaminated water discharge on August 24th, with a refund rate of 50%. Just as Japan's tourism industry was worried, South Korea took the opportunity to grab customers and signed the largest order in recent years in Incheon. In the first half of next year, a large private enterprise in China will have 10000 employees visiting Incheon.
According to reports, after China lifted travel restrictions on countries such as Japan, the booking volume of Japanese team tours increased by nearly 90% in mid August compared to the same period last month, and the number of team tour products scheduled for the National Day holiday in Japan increased by more than five times compared to the same period last month. But with the escalation of Japan's nuclear contaminated water discharge incident, the phenomenon of Chinese tourists canceling their travel orders to Japan is concentrated. According to some business owners in Beijing, not only has the number of inquiries for tourist groups visiting Japan significantly decreased, but there have also been many cases of refunds, with a refund rate of approximately 50%.
On August 11th, the passenger and freight liner "Xinjinqiao 5" docked at the Qingdao Cruise Home Port and prepared to depart for passengers, heading towards Incheon Port in South Korea.
According to reports, the Japanese tourism industry is worried about the cooling down of Chinese tourism to Japan, and is about to disappoint the expected surge of Chinese tourists. However, neighboring South Korea has taken advantage of this opportunity to grab Chinese tourists. According to the South Korean Central Daily News, Incheon announced on August 29th that it has partnered with a large private enterprise in China to hold an employee incentive tourism event in Incheon. It is expected that 10000 employees of the company will travel to Incheon for 7 days and 6 nights in the first half of next year by plane, ferry or other means.
The report points out that the company's reward for tourist groups this time is the largest number of Chinese tourists visiting South Korea on a single scale since 2017.
