72% of survey respondents blame border controls for not visiting Japan

A survey launched Tuesday by a Tokyo-based firm that encourages tourism to Japan confirmed that 72% of respondents won’t, or will most likely not, go to the nation if it continues with its present entry controls.

The D2C X Inc. survey additionally confirmed 91% of the 1,717 abroad respondents discovered the entry controls, which embrace COVID-19 testing inside 72 hours of departure to Japan, too strict or relatively strict, illustrating how the nation’s pandemic border measures have deterred visits from abroad.