Koreans’ trip to Japan, which had been slowed down by the earthquake in July, coincidentally, is sho..

Hotel rates in major Japanese regions are also on the rise on the third day of the three-day holiday, ahead of the surge in hotel rates on National Liberation Day

사진 확대 Fukuoka Tower. [Picture = Pixabay]

Koreans’ trip to Japan, which had been slowed down by the earthquake in July, coincidentally, is showing signs of exploding starting on August 15 Independence Day. This year, as Liberation Day overlaps with the weekend, the price of flights to Japan, which had plunged due to the concentration of demand due to the possibility of a “three-day holiday,” has also returned to a V-shaped rebound.

According to the travel and leisure industry on the 2nd, the price of round-trip tickets to Japan at major flight reservation sites such as Naver has been soaring since August 15th, Independence Day. The atmosphere is a 180-degree change from the fact that the price of a flight to Japan fell to 100,000 won at the end of the seventh and eighth seconds due to the cancellation of a large number of trips to Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake.

The price of round-trip tickets to Sapporo, where demand is concentrated during the peak summer season, is soaring. The price of round-trip tickets to LCC in the week immediately before the Liberation Day holiday, such as Jin Air, Seoul and Air Busan, is in the mid 400,000 won range, and the price of the Liberation Day holiday soared to the mid 600,000 won range. In other words, prices have jumped more than 50% over a week apart.

The same is true of other regions.

The price of LCC tickets on the weekend just before Liberation Day was around 170,000 won, while the price of LCC tickets rose from 280,000 won to 290,000 won during the week of the Liberation Day holiday. Even that is full bookings.

The price of round-trip tickets, which can be reached in the early 300,000 won range in the Tokyo area, is around 350,000 won to 370,000 won during the week of Liberation Day.

The same goes for hotel accommodation. In Osaka, where the expo is in full swing, the price of a luxury hotel, which is between 500,000 won and 700,000 won until early August, is selling at a price that has more than doubled to 1.4 million won during the Liberation Day holiday. Places that Koreans like to visit, such as Tokyo and Hokkaido, are also seeing their prices soar during the holiday season.

Tourism experts see the yen’s low effect, but it is a phenomenon that took place when the “Shai Japan” who were wary of going to Japan left the place where the MZ generation-centered Yes Japan was confidently traveling to Japan.

The number of tourists visiting Japan was 231,956, up about 10% from last year, as a large number of Yes Japanese people gathered during the March 1st holiday this year.

This is 15.1% more than during the three-day Samiljeol holiday (201,467 people) in 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Of course, some people are still cautious. It is a cautious view that it would be better to refrain from traveling to Japan during the period of time to honor historical significance such as March 1st and Liberation Day.

“The biggest factor is the change in perception of Japanese travel,” said Cho Il-sang, head of Hana Tour’s public relations team. “In addition to the increase in preference for short-distance overseas travel, we freely enjoy Japanese tours that can be visited without annual leave.”

Shin Ik-soo, travel journalist