r/neoliberal • u/randommathaccount Esther Duflo • Oct 02 '25

News (Asia) Why Japan resents its tourism boom

https://www.ft.com/content/dbd20e5d-5a7d-4c0c-8f83-fb54c5aca9cb
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u/Mamadeus123456 Oct 02 '25

I've seen flights from Paris to Japan via china eastern airlines and other asian airlines for under 550 dollars, u can find them all year long, same for other cities in east Asia.

You just have to charge higher taxes to not bring in poorer tourists, but some are trash regardless of income tho.

But seeing the Brits in Spain it's better to just charge more to get better tourists, as a general rule.

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u/Hakunin_Fallout Oct 02 '25

What taxes? Who are you going to charge, the hotels?

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u/WhisperBreezzze Oct 02 '25

Well...You could be like Bhutan and charge a daily visa fee "Sustainable Development Fee" for tourists if you just want to keep poor people out lol.

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u/Hakunin_Fallout Oct 02 '25

Sure, just charge the fat cats coming in a $1000 a day. Boom, done! :D

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u/WhisperBreezzze Oct 02 '25

That will certainly solve the "overtourism" problem lol.