Japan to Allow Non-Guided Group Tours From September
- Tourism-related shares rise on prime minister’s announcement
- Individual tourists still won’t be allowed into the country
Prime Minister Kishida said the daily entry cap would be raised to 50,000 people from Sept. 7 from the current 20,000.
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Japan will allow non-guided package tours from all countries from Sept. 7 and more than double the number of people it permits to enter daily as it further rolls back some of strictest Covid-19 border controls among major economies.
The moves announced Wednesday by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, however, do not allow for entry of individual tourists. The premier also didn’t lay out any changes for visa restrictions that place a high bar for entering the country.