As the article says, this aligns their fees with the fees charged byany other countries. While there is anti-foreign sentiment in Japan right now due to over-tourism, this doesn’t appear to be targeted at reducing tourism.
There is anti-foreigner sentiment for many reasons, only one of which is the (laughable) claim that foreigners are the sole cause of over-tourism. The fee increase is scary because it’s a precursor for other anti-foreign measures that the current PM would love to impose. Will she succeed? We’ll find out.
As the article says, this aligns their fees with the fees charged byany other countries. While there is anti-foreign sentiment in Japan right now due to over-tourism, this doesn’t appear to be targeted at reducing tourism.
There is anti-foreigner sentiment for many reasons, only one of which is the (laughable) claim that foreigners are the sole cause of over-tourism. The fee increase is scary because it’s a precursor for other anti-foreign measures that the current PM would love to impose. Will she succeed? We’ll find out.