黃金周住宿預約人数增長58％：北陸新幹線沿線受歡迎

A few weeks ago the Mainichi News on-line reported the following:

ＧＷ宿泊予約者数:５８％増　北陸新幹線沿線が人気

毎日新聞　2015年04月13日　00時20分

　楽天が１１日までにまとめたことしのゴールデンウイーク（ＧＷ）期間（４月２９日〜５月６日）の国内旅行動向によると、宿泊予約者数は前年同期比５８．４％増となった。北陸新幹線の延伸開業の効果が大きく、沿線の新潟県や富山県、石川県が２倍以上増えて全体を押し上げた。

　円安やレジャー需要の回復による国内旅行の人気上昇も追い風だ。後半は５連休など日の並びも良いため長距離の旅行が好調で、宿泊日数も長い傾向となった。

　楽天は「格安航空会社（ＬＣＣ）の普及やガソリン価格下落の影響で、交通費が手ごろなことも影響した」とみている。（共同）

(試譯文)

According to Rakuten Travel domestic travelings as at 11th (April) regarding the number of subscribers who stayed overnight during the Golden Week (GW) period (April 29-May 6) this year, there was a 58.4 % increase compared with the corresponding period a year ago. The opening up and the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen had a big impact. In Niigata prefecture, Toyama prefecture and the Ishikawa prefecture in the area along the railway line there was a going up as a whole with an increase of more than two folds.

  A fall in the yen together with a recovery in demand for leisure had helped creating a wind on domestic traveling boom. The second half period was a sequence of five consecutive holidays which was suitable for long-distance travelling. There was a tendency for an increase in the number of days staying overnight.

Rakuten Travel thought that “also has an influence is the spread of cheap airline companies (LCC) and the effect of the falling gasoline price that make transportation costs affordable".

It seems that the Japanese are more willing to spend money in these days.