Travel & LeisureJapanese shy away from foreign trips months after reopening
Major travel agency expects number of outbound tourists this summer to be 40% of 2019
Hawaii is one of the top overseas destinations for Japanese tourists, although many from the country have been looking to travel domestically. © Getty Images
AKIRA KITADO, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- Japanese people remain reluctant to travel abroad after the nation's border fully reopened in the wake of the COVID pandemic in October last year, with factors such as the weak yen, inflation and lingering fears over the coronavirus stopping them from booking foreign trips.