The Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau has decided to abolish tickets that allow one-day free rides on city buses, which are often used by tourists, at the end of March next year.
Considering that many tourists visited before the spread of the new corona infection and caused congestion, we would like to encourage relaxation before a full-scale increase in tourists.
Kyoto City currently sells a 1-day bus pass for 700 yen, which allows you to ride the city buses as much as you want for one day.
Before the spread of the new coronavirus, city buses were called “overtourism” and were particularly popular with tourists, such as Kinkakuji Temple in Kita Ward and Kiyomizudera Temple in Higashiyama Ward. rice field.
For this reason, the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau will stop selling the “one-day bus ticket” by the end of September this year and use it by the end of March next year (Reiwa 6) before the full-scale increase in tourists. decided to stop.
We will continue to sell 1,100 yen tickets that allow you to ride both the subway and the city bus freely, and the Transportation Bureau wants to encourage the use of the subway, which is relatively less crowded than the bus.
The Planning and Research Division of the Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau said, “In addition to allowing citizens to use city buses with peace of mind, we would like to work to alleviate congestion so that tourists can travel smoothly to their destinations.”