Recently CNN.co.jp reported the following:
海外旅行に行かない日本人がこれほど多い理由とは？
2023.02.22 Wed posted at 17:46 JST
東京（ＣＮＮ） 進んで海外旅行に行きたいとは思わない日本人が、驚くほど増えている。米調査会社モーニング・コンサルトが昨年実施した調査によると、再度の旅行は気が進まないという日本人は３５％に上り、どの国よりも多かった。
観光行動や観光心理に詳しい玉川大学の中村哲教授は、この結果に意外性はないと話し、コロナ禍以前の２０１９年から、年に１回以上海外旅行をするという日本人は１０％程度だったと指摘する。
同氏が１６年に実施した意識調査では、「海外に行きたいけれど行かない」という人と、「海外旅行に関心がないので行かない」という人は合わせて約７０％に上り、うち「関心がない」派は約３０％を占めていた。
日本のパスポートは「世界最強」と位置付けられているにもかかわらず、外務省によれば実際にパスポートを持つ人は２０％に満たない。
中には国内旅行で十分という人もいる。
海外に出かける以前から、海外旅行は時間がかかり、スキルや計画性が求められると感じる日本人が多いと中村氏は言う。
航空・旅行アナリストの鳥海高太朗氏は、コロナ禍による海外旅行手続きの複雑さや感染リスクに思いが及び、海外旅行を思いとどまらせていると解説する。
さらに、コロナ禍によって日本人の考え方が変化したとも鳥海氏は解説する。
かつて海外に出かけていた人が、感染リスクを考えて海外へ行くことに不安を感じるようになり、国内旅行で十分と思うようになったと鳥海氏。国内にも魅力的な観光地はたくさんあると気づく人が増え、海外へ行かなくても楽しめるようになったと話す。
「また旅行したいとは思わない」という人は、コロナが完全に終息するまで旅行を思いとどまっているだけなのかもしれないとも言い添えた。
日本は数十年ぶりの円安に加え、労働者の多くは３０年間、昇給がない状態にある。
可処分所得が減り、家で過ごしたり近い場所でいいと思う若者は増えているのかもしれない。
鳥海氏によれば、若者は年配世代に比べてあまりお金がないので海外に行くことが少なく、海外旅行よりオンライン娯楽やスマホゲームの方が楽しいと思う若者も多い。一方、高齢者はコロナが落ち着けばまた海外へ行きたいという人が増える見通しだ。
中村氏も、以前から海外旅行が好きだった人はチャンスができ次第、海外に出かけようとするだろうと話し、今、待ちきれずに海外に出かけているのはそうした人たちだと指摘する。
国際観光振興機構の最新統計によると、２０２２年の日本人海外旅行者数は、１９年の２０００万人に比べて８６．２％減の約２７０万人となった。
かつて安いからというだけで出かけていた人や、特に旅行好きではなかった人たちが今、旅行に出かけなくなったと鳥海氏は話している。
Translation
Tokyo (CNN) - The number of Japanese were reluctant to travel abroad had a surprising increase. According to a survey last year by Morning Consult, a U.S. research firm, 35 percent of Japanese said they were reluctant to travel again, more than any country.
Tetsu Nakamura (中村哲), a professor at Tamagawa University who was familiar with tourism behavior and tourism psychology, said there was no surprise in the results, pointing out that since 2019, before the pandemic, of Japanese people had traveled abroad at least once a year was around 10%.
According to an attitude survey conducted by Mr. Tetsu
Nakamura in 2016, in total about 70% of people said that “they would like to go
abroad but could not go”, and that “they would not go because they were not
interested in traveling abroad”. Among of the respondents 30% said they were
not interested.
Despite Japan's passport being ranked as the "world's strongest", according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, less than 20% of the people actually had a passport.
For some, domestic travel would be enough.
Mr. Nakamura said, many Japanese felt that starting from before
going, overseas travel would take time and requires skill and planning.
Aviation and travel analyst Takataro Toriumi (鳥海高太朗)explained
that the complexity of overseas travel procedures and the risk of infection due
to the coronavirus crisis made people not interested in overseas travel.
Mr. Toriumi also explained that Japanese people’s way of thinking had changed due to the corona disaster.
Mr. Toriumi said that people who used to travel abroad now felt uneasy about going abroad due to the risk of infection, and they came to think that domestic travel would be enough. He explained that more and more people had realized that there were many attractive tourist destinations in Japan, and that they could enjoy themselves even without going abroad now.
He added that those who said they "don't want to travel again" might nevertheless just be holding back from traveling until the pandemic was completely over.
In addition to the weakest yen in decades, many workers in Japan had no pay raise in 30 years.
With disposable income declining, more young people might prefer to stay at home or going to nearby places and found that good enough.
According to Mr. Toriumi, young people were less likely to travel abroad than older generations because they had less money, and many found online entertainment and smartphone games more enjoyable than traveling abroad. On the other hand, it was expected that more elderly people would want to go abroad once the coronavirus calmed down.
Mr. Nakamura also said that people who always liked traveling abroad might try to go abroad as soon as the opportunity arose, pointing out that the people who said they would try to go abroad now were those people who could not wait anymore to go abroad.
According to the latest statistics from the Japan National Tourism Organization, the number of Japanese travelers going abroad in 2022 dropped 86.2% from 20 million in 2019 to reach about 2.7 million.
Toriumi said people who used to travel only because it was cheap, or who were not particularly interested in traveling, would no longer travel.
So, a
surprising large number of Japanese are reluctant to travel abroad, according to a
survey. It is generally believed that in addition to the weakest yen in decades,
many workers in Japan have no pay raise in 30 years. With disposable income
declining, more young people will prefer to stay at home or just to travel to
nearby places.
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