Japan reopened its doors to tourists on Tuesday after two-and-a-half years of tough Covid restrictions.
In Japan, tourists will find a country still adhering to many of the guidelines that helped it to keep pandemic deaths lower than many other developed nations, including masks.TOKYO - Japan reopened its doors to tourists Tuesday after two-and-a-half years of tough Covid restrictions, with officials hoping an influx of travellers enticed by a weak yen will boost the economy.
In June, it began allowing tourists to visit in groups accompanied by guides, a requirement that was further relaxed to include self-guided package tours.Japan is also lifting a cap on the number of arrivals and ending the package tour requirement.Some rules remain, with tourists required to present either proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test taken three days before departure.
Japan received a record 31.9 million foreign visitors in 2019, but that plummeted to just 250,000 in 2021.
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