それにしても、この水際対策って無駄しかない。岸田総理も突然、経済界からの外圧で鎖国を解きつあるが。1日2万人上限でツーリストはパックツアーだけ。月間60万人。年間720万人。最盛期のインバウンドが年間3千万人だから、4分の1の規模である。

観光収入が年間4兆円くらいあったから、8千億円程度の経済価値。コロナが治ってる国からは上限なしで入国させるべきだよね。

ま、いいや。取りあえず出稼ぎに行ってくるわ。

Well, I’m going to L.A. today since Japan’s border measures have been loosened.

When I return, there will be no more covid testing at Narita. Last November, I stayed at Narita Airport for 5 hours, in March for 3 hours, and this time I aim to stay within 1 hour.

Still, this policy is nothing but waste. Prime Minister Kishida is suddenly lifting the national isolation due to external pressure from the business community. 20,000 people per day is the upper limit, and the only tourists are package tours. 600,000 people per month. 7.2 million a year. The number of inbound tourists at its peak was 30 million a year, which is one-fourth the size of Japan’s inbound tourism.

Before covid, tourism income was about 4 trillion yen per year, so the economic value is about 800 billion yen.

We should allow people from foreign countries with less covid to come to Japan with no upper limit.

Well, never mind. I’m off to enjoy America, the land of the free, for now.