Taiwan and Japan will unblock at the same time in October. Japan is the favorite travel destination for Taiwanese, and the tourism wave is about to debut.

A long-awaited tour group appeared at Taoyuan Airport.

(Photo by reporter Yao Jiexiu)

Reporter Zhuo Yijun/Special report

After more than two years of interference from the epidemic, countries have implemented bans on going abroad, and many people are bored. After a long time of anticipation, it is finally about to usher in a big unblocking, especially Taiwan and Japan simultaneously unblocked in October, and Japan has been unblocking since October 11. From today, visa-free travel is open, and there is no limit to the number of people entering Taiwan. Taiwan is exempt from quarantine 0+7 from October 13.

Japan is the favorite travel destination for Taiwanese, and Taiwanese tourists are the second largest tourist destination in Japan. After more than two years, a wave of tourism wave after wave is about to debut.

The most popular Japanese line for retaliatory travel abroad business opportunities

Recently, the unblocking schedule was finalized, and travel agencies and airlines immediately received soft calls. Among them, the Japan line was the most popular. Even though the air ticket cost has increased significantly compared with before the epidemic, many people still actively book Japanese air tickets, and the number of airlines flying from Taiwan to Japan has increased in an all-round way. EVA Air's overall passenger flight frequency in October has tripled compared with June, and it is actively deploying the most popular routes in Northeast Asia. It is expected to resume flights to Hokkaido, Okinawa, Haneda, Gimpo and other airports one after another; China Airlines from October to December It is also expected to increase the number of flights by 50%, and the Northeast Asia route will increase from 30 flights per week to more than 100 flights per week.

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From the perspective of travel agencies, the number of tickets issued by Lions to Osaka, Japan has jumped by 5.65 times recently. It is estimated that Japan's tourism performance is expected to recover to about 30% before the epidemic by the end of this year. Phoenix is ​​also preparing to launch Japan's charter flight itinerary, due to the delay of the epidemic. For a long time, some suppliers have disappeared, including air tickets and tourism resources in various places.

The industry estimates that it will take a period of time for the market to fully recover, at least six months to more than a year.

Employees have been lost, and the lack of work is serious after the unblocking

According to the estimates of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, the global tourism market will return to 55% to 70% of the pre-epidemic level in 2022. After the baptism of the epidemic, aviation, tourism, catering, duty-free shops, etc. once faced an unprecedented crisis. Many Catering, tourism and other related businesses had to close their doors and lost their employees. Now that the lockdown is lifted, are the businesses really ready?

Pan Siliang, chairman of Regent Hotel, said frankly that the current shortage of workers in the hotel industry is very serious, and only logistics personnel can support housekeeping and other related work. Actively strengthen catering services, increase manpower and change menus.

The once-in-a-century epidemic has changed the world, and it still takes time for tourism activities to return to the normal track after the unblocking, but the relevant industry finally sees the light, puts down the big stone in their hearts, and moves forward on the road to normal operation.

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