Inflation, hotel prices curtail Japanese 'Golden Week' travels

Fri, 02 May 2025 20:06:30 +0000

Japan's annual "Golden Week" holiday period gets into full swing Saturday, but inflation and hotel prices sent soaring by record inbound tourism have left domestic travellers less eager to pack their bags."The biggest reason seems to be the inflation that has curtailed their willingness to spend lavishly", Atsushi Tanaka, a tourism studies professor at Yamanashi University, told AFP. "Because the inbound tourism is booming so much, hotel operators don't need to lower their accommodation prices,