Japan's Tourism Industry Taking Major Losses From Coronavirus

Above, Tokyo Skytree is seen in the distance from Tokyo City View in Roppongi Hills. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan's tourism industry is taking a major hit from the effects of the coronavirus that became a pandemic in China.

New Straits Times reported:

TOKYO: Japan's tourism industry will suffer losses in hundreds of million dollars from tourism when its two biggest airlines cancel flights from China. 

Both Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways announced they are slashing the number of flights to and from China because of a slump in demand following the deadly coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan. 

Japan's two biggest airlines say they are slashing the number of flights to and from China because of a slump in demand due to the coronavirus outbreak. 

Similarly, smaller airlines like Jetstar Japan and Spring Airlines Japan are cancelling services too. 

Jetstar Japan will halt flights connecting Narita with Shanghai from today. 

The flight cancellations will have a snowball chain-reaction on Japanese hotels, travel and tour, shopping malls, food and beverage industries, with an estimated 400,000 Chinese visitors cancelling trips to Japan until March. 

JAL will suspend services connecting Tokyo's Narita International with Beijing and Shanghai, and flights between Chubu airport in central Japan, and Shanghai.
The suspensions will start Feb 17 and are slated to run until March 28. 

ANA will also pull out its Narita-Beijing route from Feb 10 until late March.

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