Japanese shy away from foreign trips months after reopening

Major travel agency expects number of outbound tourists this summer to be 40% of 2019

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.

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