2023-08-27 01:11:37
Japan’s discharge of nuclear wastewater has affected people’s willingness to travel to Japan. (Schematic / Pexels)
Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company discharged the wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on the 24th, which also triggered reactions from various countries. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Mainland China has recently resumed group tours, and Japan is a popular tourist destination. However, due to the issue of nuclear waste water, there was a wave of withdrawals during the National Day 11th holiday in mainland China. Some people who originally wanted to go to Japan have now turned to a wait-and-see attitude.
According to a report from China Business News, the mainland tourism platform Ctrip currently has more than 80,000 outbound tour packages and in-flight wine products, while Japan’s search volume is higher than that of Thailand and Singapore. times.
However, after the discharge of nuclear waste water in Japan, multiple travel platforms such as Ctrip, Tongcheng, and Tuniu no longer put Japanese tourism products in a prominent position on the website. Many travel operators said that some people have left the group. The person in charge of a large travel agency said that in the past few days, people have been receiving reports of people leaving the group, and some people originally planned to go to Japan for the National Day, but now they have turned to wait and see and have not placed an order.
Many tourism companies said that sales will be adjusted in the future, especially for the National Day tourism part, and they will not launch Japan trips or close Japan-related sales for the time being. A Ms. Li said that she was going to Japan during the National Day holiday and was also preparing for a visa, but after seeing the nuclear wastewater incident, she and her friends reconsidered.
Due to changes in the trip to Japan, major tourism industries in mainland China are now pushing trips to Germany, the United Kingdom, and many Nordic countries. Zhang Zhining, CEO of Reliable Tourism, believes that Japan originally wanted to enjoy the benefits of the mainland’s National Day holiday, but now that the willingness of tourists to go to Japan has dropped due to nuclear wastewater, it may shrink in the future for a long time.
After this article was exposed, many mainland netizens commented, “I wanted to go too, but I canceled all my itinerary the day before yesterday”, “Where I will go to play, I will not choose to go to Japan”, “The country should add radiation monitoring at the entry point Anyone who has been to Japan must monitor the radiation value”, but some people say, “Go to Japan to eat seafood, it’s cheap now.”
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