Half of Japan s duty free shops are closed, what is the huge impact of the epidemic?

Due to the impact of the epidemic, half of Japan's duty-free shops have been forced to close, and in addition to duty-free shops, other industries in Japan have also been affected to a certain extent.

01. Nearly half of Japan's duty-free shops are closed. Affected by the epidemic, Japan's duty-free shops are closing one after another during this time, because the epidemic is too serious, so basically no one travels, the existence of duty-free shops is not of much significance, and the locals will not go over to buy anything, so temporary closure is the best choice, but I don't know when this closure will end, because looking at the current epidemic situation, I want to end at least until the end of this year, if the epidemic does not end for a long time, people do not have the desire to travel abroad, Then sooner or later, these duty-free shops will be boiled to death.

02. Other industries in Japan that are affected. In Japan, it is not only duty-free shops that are affected, but also various restaurants and entertainment venues, because of the epidemic, not only no one from abroad travels to Japan, but also very few people travel in Japan, resulting in a decline in turnover in some places in Japan, many stores have to temporarily close their doors to minimize their losses, and Japan's tourism industry has been seriously affected, in the past July, the reception of tourists was at least hundreds of thousands, but now the total number of tourists a month is less than 10,000, and travel agencies have no money at all, there are still so many employees to support, so many travel agencies in Japan have gone out of business.

03. Japan's economy has been hit hard. This year, Japan's economy will be hit harder than ever, first with the outbreak of the epidemic, the sharp decline in the number of tourists, and then the forced cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics in Japan, and all of Japan's early investment in vain.

I hope the epidemic can pass as soon as possible, people in many countries have suffered a lot because of the epidemic, including us, although the epidemic situation in our country has improved, but there is still the possibility of a second wave of outbreaks, so I hope that the epidemic will pass quickly and return us to a normal life.

The pandemic has put many small and medium-sized companies in danger of bankruptcy, causing the number of unemployed people in the world to skyrocket.

The bigger impact is that many people have lost their jobs, and some overseas students are stranded abroad, making it difficult for them to return to their home countries in time.

Half of the main reason for the closure of duty-free shops in Japan this time is that the number of tourists has decreased due to the epidemic, and only a part of it can be closed to stop losses.

01. Half of Japan's duty-free shops were closed. In the past two days, Japan's largest duty-free shop closed nearly half of the stores, in the summer time, it should have been the most tourists to Japan, but I didn't expect that this year's tourists are really few to pitiful, in order to protect their own interests, the relevant duty-free shops have to close a part to reduce losses, after all, for them, no one to buy every day, is a waste of money, but also a waste of labor, it is better to close, you can save some money, let yourself last a little longer.

02. Due to the epidemic, the number of Japanese tourists has decreased significantly. Why is Japan's tourism industry so bleak this year? The main reason is the epidemic, no one expected this year's epidemic to come so fiercely, many countries and regions around the world are mired in the quagmire of the epidemic and can't extricate themselves, even if the epidemic situation in our country has improved, but many people have not chosen to travel for insurance, the number of domestic tourists this year is much less than in previous years, if there is no epidemic, Japan's duty-free shops will still make a lot of money, after all, people have passed, and the toilet seat has been cleaned.

03. How long will this situation last? This year's dismal tourism situation will continue at least until the end of the year, because so far, no country has really announced that its vaccine is effective, although our country's vaccine clinical trials are very good, but it will take some time for the subsequent approval, and the situation will not be significantly improved until the vaccine appears.

In fact, compared with the United States, Japan is not bad, at least the epidemic in its own country is basically under control, where is it like the United States, there are more than 4 million confirmed cases in the country, and there are millions of people who have not been tested and hidden, who dares to travel to the United States now? There are still a few thousand tourists in Japan in the past few months.

This is mainly due to the fact that the new crown pneumonia is spreading all over the world. Affected by the epidemic, the world economy is in a state of slump.

As an important tourist destination in Asia, Japan's tourism economy and the number of tourists have continued to decline due to the epidemic this year, and the attached duty-free shops have also been closed.

Because of the pandemic this year, which has caused a huge impact on Japan's tourism industry, Japanese duty-free shops are basically supported by tourists' purchases, and they are closed when they can't make ends meet, so as to avoid excessive losses.

This is because the impact of the epidemic has reduced the number of Chinese tourists to Japan, resulting in a significant decline in purchasing power.

Third, the impact of the epidemic on industrial manufacturing. The difficulties faced by industrial manufacturing are that on the one hand, orders are lost, and on the other hand, some employees are in a state of isolation, and it takes a certain amount of time to resume normal production in a short period of time. Especially when logistics cannot meet the normal production needs, it will have a certain impact on industrial manufacturing.

Therefore, under the chain reaction, the epidemic has also had a very big impact on industrial manufacturing.

Therefore, whether it is at home or abroad, the epidemic has had a very big impact on the development of the economy. However, the economic impact caused by the epidemic is only short-lived, and the economic level will recover to a certain extent as the epidemic is controlled.

Yes, the impact of the pandemic on the experience has been enormous, and it has been felt in many ways, and tourism and duty-free shops are just a corner.

In addition to affecting people's lives and health, the epidemic has also had a significant impact on a country's economy. For example, the pandemic has prevented people from traveling, and this has been a major blow to shops in some tourist destinations.

Yes, the epidemic has a great impact on the economy, and for their own safety, everyone also goes out as little as possible.

On July 29, LAOX, Japan's largest duty-free shop chain, announced the closure of 50% of its duty-free stores to reduce operating costs. According to related reports, affected by the epidemic, the traffic of the Japanese duty-free chain LAOX has plummeted, and its business conditions have been seriously affected.

Founded in 1930, LAOX was once a well-known long-established electronics retailer in Japan, and its business spread all over Japan. Later, due to the economic situation in Japan and the saturation of the electrical appliance retail market, it began to decline. In 2009, the number of LAOX stores shrank from 149 to 6, and the annual sales fell to 500 million yuan, and the operation faced a huge crisis.

It wasn't until 2009, when it was acquired by China's Suning.com, that LAOX was transformed into a duty-free shop for Chinese tourists and reinvigorated.

According to the data, LAOX, founded in 1930, is a well-known old appliance retailer in Japan, and is a pioneer in Japan's duty-free business.

Currently, LAOX has dozens of stores in Japan, and 90% of its customers are foreign tourists from all over the world.

At its peak, LAOX set a performance myth of 70,000 yen per capita consumption of Chinese tourists, thus becoming a "sweet and sweet" in the eyes of Chinese tourists.

However, at the beginning of 2020, the sudden epidemic affected the local tourism industry, which in turn caused the business conditions of duty-free shops to be greatly affected. Laox has taken this initiative to reduce operating costs and improve cash flow.

In the face of the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the peak consumption of inbound Japanese tourists in the first half of 2020 - the Spring Festival season and the cherry blossom season have come to naught. Japan's department stores and stores for tourists were also caught off guard.

After all, Chinese tourists can support half of the sales of duty-free shops, and now that demand is decreasing, it is natural that stores cannot operate normally.

Yes, because the most customers of this duty-free chain are Chinese tourists, and traveling to Japan has been greatly affected by the epidemic.

Not because there are no more Chinese tourists, but because the economy around the world is sluggish due to the impact of the new coronavirus.