The Japanese government recently stop asking people to refrain from going out, making it the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 that people can move around freely during the Golden Week holidays. The increase in tourism demand will continue beyond the holiday due to the government has fully lifted the quasi-emergency priority measures. According to JR Group companies, there are around 1.34 million seat reservations had been booked for 28 April to 8 May on Shinkansen and conventional railway lines. It is likely that the demand is increasing because people are free to move around; at the same time, there’re three consecutive public holidays within the week, making it easier for people to take a public holiday (Yomiuri Shimbun, 2022).
Reference: Yomiuri Shimbun. (2022). Japan tourism sector hopeful of uptick in demand over golden week-and beyond. Phnom Penh Post. Retrieved from https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/japan-tourism-sector-hopeful-uptick-demand-over-golden-week-and-beyond