観光公害、２０地域でモデル事業　混雑対応などまとめる―政府

　政府は１８日、観光立国推進閣僚会議を首相官邸で開き、観光客の急増で住民生活や自然環境などに悪影響が及ぶオーバーツーリズム（観光公害）防止に向けた対策パッケージを取りまとめた。混雑緩和やマナー違反防止を実践する全国２０地域を国が選んで支援するモデル事業を実施。交通機関の混雑状況に応じた運賃設定を促すほか、タクシー不足への緊急措置も盛り込んだ。
　岸田文雄首相は会議で「住んで良し、訪れて良し、受け入れて良しの持続可能な観光地づくりに向けて、政府一丸となって精力的に取り組んでほしい」と閣僚に指示した。パッケージは政府の総合経済対策に反映させ、２０２３年度補正予算案への計上も視野に入れる。
　モデル事業では、参加地域の自治体や観光関係事業者、住民で協議し、各地の実情に応じた観光公害抑制の計画を策定。計画に基づく取り組みを行う際、国が費用補助や規制緩和の面で支援し、先駆的な事例として全国展開を図る。早ければ今年度中にも開始する。（2023/10/18-16:10）

The Japanese government on Wednesday adopted a package of measures to tackle overtourism, including picking 20 areas to implement model projects aimed at alleviating congestion and countering poor tourist manners.
   Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed his ministers at a meeting to work hard to address overtourism, or the negative impact on local residents' lives and the environment from a surge in the number of tourists.
   Each minister should work on creating sustainable tourist spots that are comfortable to live in as residents, interesting to visit as tourists, and welcome visitors with open arms, Kishida said.
   For the model projects, local governments, tourism-related businesses and local residents will draw up plans to tackle overtourism. The central government will provide financial assistance or ease regulations to support such plans. The model projects will be launched as early as this fiscal year.
   The government will also create a list of example measures this fiscal year for reference by local governments, including enacting ordinances to encourage tourists to behave and imposing entry fees for certain tourist spots.