能登観光支援、７割補助検討　政府、生活支援策を決定

　政府は２５日、能登半島地震を受けた非常災害対策本部の会合を首相官邸で開き、生活再建に向けた支援策を決定した。石川、新潟、富山、福井４県を対象に、１泊２万円を上限に旅行代金の５０％を割り引く「北陸応援割」を実施。会合後、岸田文雄首相は記者団の取材に応じ、被害が大きい能登地方については、割引率を７０％とする意向を示した。
　首相は「先が見えないという不安に応え、一日も早く平穏な生活が取り戻せるよう、全力で支援する」と強調した。
　支援策の名称は「被災者の生活となりわい支援のためのパッケージ」。北陸応援割は大型連休前までの３～４月に実施する。風評被害対策や北陸全体の誘客プロモーションも行う。（2024/01/25-19:55）

The Japanese government Thursday approved a comprehensive support package for areas struck by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake, including a subsidy program to promote local tourism.
   The program will provide up to 20,000 yen a night per traveler in the central Japan prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Toyama and Fukui, affected by the 7.6-magnitude quake.
   The travel subsidy program is expected to be in place from March to April, lasting until just before the country's Golden Week holiday period from late April until early May.
   The government is also thinking of introducing additional tourism-boosting measures for the Noto area, hit especially hard by the disaster, depending on progress in reconstruction work.
   The comprehensive package was approved at the day's meeting of the government's emergency disaster response headquarters headed by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.