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TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Japan said on Tuesday it would start conducting "test tourism" in the form of limited package tours in May as a way of gathering ...

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Japan plans to reopen in June with 'test tourism'. The country's notoriously strict travel rules have changed again – and some tourists will soon be allowed in.

Once at the airport in Japan, you need to take another PCR test and download a health monitoring app. Currently, you need to have proof of a positive Covid test taken 72 hours before departure, a signed copy of the this form (promising to comply with local Covid rules), and a completed online questionnaire. Currently the rules for entering Japan are complicated – to say the least.

After two years of locked borders, Japan will reopen to small groups of “test tourists” on chaperoned package tours later this month.

Participating travel agencies JTB Corp., Nippon Travel Agency Co. and Jalpack Co have not yet released itineraries. After the project, the government will compile guidelines for travel agencies including measures to be taken if a tourist contract Covid. “In reopening Japan to overseas tourism, it is necessary to consider how to foster a sense of understanding and peace of mind,” Minister of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism Tetsuo Saito said. The tourists will be the first to visit the country since it slammed its borders shut at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. For those desperate to visit the Land of the Rising Sun, this trial re-opening is great news. About 50 people will be allowed in the trial phase, in around 10 to 15 small groups.

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Now, the government intends to increase the limit to 20,000 and accept tourists as well. The government had earlier said that visitors will be allowed to enter the country only if they meet all criteria set by the government. Travel agency HIS, a sector bellwether, erased a morning loss and rose as much as 2.7 percent.” Only if there is no surge in positive cases, the programme will be further expanded. Japan Airlines climbed as much as 4.5 percent, while Japan Airport Terminal surged 6.8 percent. The country’s tourism industry has been requesting the government to relax border restrictions and attract foreign visitors to take advantage of a weakened Yen, for a long time.

Small groups of tourists from the United States, Australia, Thailand and Singapore are supposed to start visiting Japan in May.

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Japan's government announced it will begin allowing small package tours from four countries later this month before gradually opening up to foreign tourism.

COVID-19 infections have slowed in Japan since earlier this year and the government is gradually expanding social and economic activity. Each tour can have a maximum of four people, and a total of 50 participants are expected to join the experiment, the government agency said. The results will be used to compile coronavirus guidelines for tour operators, hotels and other related businesses, it said.

Japan's government has announced it will begin allowing small package tours from four countries later this month before gradually opening up to foreign ...

Covid-19 infections have slowed in Japan since earlier this year and the government is gradually expanding social and economic activity. Each tour can have a maximum of four people, and a total of 50 participants are expected to join the experiment, the government agency said. The results will be used to compile coronavirus guidelines for tour operators, hotels and other related businesses, it said.

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The designer, who would rather not go on a package tour, said: "I enjoy having that freedom of movement, without having to follow a strictly planned travel itinerary." In response to media queries, a spokesman for Japan Airlines said it welcomed this initiative as leading to the revitalisation of the local economy. Under the trial, predetermined itineraries for package tours must be approved by the government, with visitors accompanied by a tour guide at all times.