Tokyo CNN —Kudos to you if you can speak perfect Japanese and order food at a neighborhood sushi bar in Tokyo.
But overtourism – fueled by a combination of pent-up post-Covid demands (aka “revenge travel”) and the weak local currency – has recently prompted restaurants in the country to consider the merits of differential pricing.
This year, spurred by a weak yen that has fallen to its lowest level against the dollar in decades, the tourists are back - in big numbers.
“Some people say, ‘We don’t do this in our country.’ But think about how bad Japanese people’s English skills are.
As the less-expensive resident prices are often written in the local language, foreign tourists may not even know they paid more.
Persons:
–, ”, Shogo Yonemitsu, ” Yonemitsu, Elisa Chan, Tamatebako, Rinka Tonsho, CNN Yonemitsu, isn’t, That’s, CNN Shuji Miyake, Phoebe Lee
Organizations:
Tokyo CNN, Mount Fuji, UNESCO, Chinese University of Hong, CNN
Locations:
Tokyo, Japan, Shibuya, Mount, Hokkaido, Himeji, In Venice, Tokyo’s Tsukiji