The government's tourism support program, a pandemic economy-boosting measure which had been limited to travel by residents within a prefecture or to neighboring prefectures, was expanded to regional blocs such as the Hokkaido, Tohoku and Kanto regions starting April 1.
The expanded version will apply to stays through April 28, with a maximum of 7,000 yen provided per person per night, and hopes are high that the program will help revitalize local tourism industries badly hit by the pandemic.
