Chinese tourists shelve travel plans to Japan after polluted water discharge

Online searches for flights and tours to Japan skyrocketed in the week following August 10, when China announced the resumption of outbound group tours following COVID-19 restrictions. As of August 17, travel portal reported Japan was the number-one search for group tours, outpacing other top choices for Chinese travelers such as Thailand and Singapore. But a week later, the trend buckled. Japan began discharging treated nuclear-contaminated wastewater on August 24. And one immediate tourists second-guessing a once favored destination. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!