２０年旅行消費、半減の９．８兆円　コロナで過去最低

　観光庁は１７日、２０２０年の日本人による国内旅行消費額が前年比５４．９％減の９兆８９８２億円だったと発表した。新型コロナウイルス感染拡大の影響で旅行需要が低迷した。延べ旅行者数は５０．３％減の２億９１７７万人にとどまり、消費額、旅行者数とも現行調査が始まった１０年以降で最低となった。
　旅行消費額は緊急事態宣言が発出された４～６月期に前年同期比８３．２％減と大幅に落ち込んだ。７月に政府の観光需要喚起策「Ｇｏ　Ｔｏ　トラベル」が始まったものの、７～９月期は５６．６％減、１０～１２月期は４６．５％減と、消費を大きく押し上げるには至らなかった。（2021/02/17-18:54）

Spending on domestic trips by Japanese people fell 54.9 pct from the previous year to 9,898.2 billion yen last year amid the novel coronavirus epidemic, government data have shown.
   The total number of domestic travelers dropped 50.3 pct to 291.77 million, according to the results of a survey released by the Japan Tourism Agency on Wednesday.
   Both the spending and traveler numbers hit the lowest levels since 2010, when the survey in the current format began.
   Domestic travel spending plunged 83.2 pct year on year in April-June 2020, during which Japan implemented its first COVID-19 state of emergency.
   The government started its Go To Travel discount program in July. But travel spending incurred a 56.6 pct year-on-year drop in July-September and a 46.5 pct decline the next quarter.