ＧｏＴｏトラベル延長へ　需要喚起で来年２月以降―政府検討

　観光支援事業「Ｇｏ　Ｔｏ　トラベル」で、政府が実施期間の延長を検討していることが２８日、分かった。政府は２０２１年１月末までを目安としてきたが、新型コロナウイルスで打撃を受けた観光業の支援を継続。与党内には２１年春の大型連休まで延ばすよう求める声があり、延長幅は今後調整する。
　事業は７月から開始。旅行代金の３５％分を割り引き、１５％分は旅先の買い物や飲食で使える「地域共通クーポン」として配布している。総事業費は約１兆３５００億円。（2020/10/28-18:52）

The Japanese government is considering extending its Go To Travel campaign to continue supporting the tourism industry, which has been hit hard by the novel coronavirus epidemic, it was learned Wednesday.
   Currently, the campaign is supposed to last until the end of January next year. Some in the ruling bloc are calling on the government to keep it in place until next year's Golden Week holiday period between late April and early May.
   Go To Travel, which kicked off in July, offers discounts equivalent to 35 pct of travel costs and distributes coupons worth 15 pct of such costs that can be used at souvenir shops, eateries and other stores in travel destinations.
   While the government has budgeted 1.35 trillion yen for the tourism promotion campaign, the amount of discounts totaled only 109.9 billion yen as of the end of September, according to the Japan Tourism Agency.
   In October, the Go To Travel campaign started to cover trips to and from Tokyo, which were initially excluded due to a spike in novel coronavirus infection cases in the Japanese capital. The distribution of shopping coupons is starting in many areas of the country.