北陸応援割、経済効果６０５億円　民間シンクタンク試算

　野村総合研究所は２９日、能登半島地震を受けて政府が実施する観光支援「北陸応援割」の経済効果が６０５億円になるとの試算を公表した。政府は３～４月に石川、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％を割り引き、被害の大きい能登地域については将来的に割引率を７０％に引き上げる意向だ。（2024/01/29-18:04）

The Japanese government's planned tourism promotion campaign for the Noto Peninsula earthquake-hit Hokuriku region is estimated to boost the regional economy by 60.5 billion yen, a private think tank said Monday.
   Under the "Hokuriku Oen Wari" program, travelers to the four prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Toyama and Fukui in the central Japan region will get a 50 pct hotel discount with the upper ceiling set at 20,000 yen per night per person in March and April. The same discount will be applied to package tours.
   The government plans to raise the discount rate to 70 pct in the future for travel to the severely afflicted peninsula.
   According to estimates by the Nomura Research Institute, the program will push up travel spending in the four prefectures in the two-month period by 60.5 billion yen, or 40 pct, from 151.3 billion yen a year earlier.
   Still, a considerable amount of time will be needed for the peninsula to start accepting tourists again.