It appears that travelers are steering clear of visits to
Japan
This summer following a dire forecast from a graphic novel.
Bookings from
Asian
Countries have seen declines of up to 50 percent when compared to last year, with some suggesting the reason might be attributed to the
manga
graphic novel
The Future I Saw
.
In the comic released in 1999 by Ryo Tatsuki, a massive
earthquake
prompts scores of
tsunami
tsunamis that hit Japan. The date of the hypothetical catastrophe: July 2025.
According to a
Bloomberg Intelligence
analysis
Based on ForwardKeys information, airline reservations from
Taiwan
,
South Korea
have decreased since April, with
Hong Kong
airline trips dropping by around half compared to last year.
The analysis revealed that weekly booking arrivals from the Asian financial hub for late June to early July plummeted by more than 80 percent.
Nevertheless, authorities have urged visitors not to fall for the rumors, and experts have stressed again that present scientific techniques do not allow for the precise forecasting of when and how strong an earthquake will strike.
Japan’s tourism sector has remained robust, with an all-time high of 3.9 million international travelers documented in April, as per the latest statistics at hand.
But the “quake speculations are definitely having a negative impact on Japan tourism and it will slow the boom temporarily,” warned Eric Zhu,
Bloomberg Intelligence
is an analyst specializing in aviation and defense.
Given the abundance of nearby alternatives for brief trips, travelers are adopting a more cautious stance.
A lot of people believe that Tatsuki’s warnings might deserve attention since she allegedly foresaw several natural calamities before they occurred, such as the major earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern Japan back in 2011.
I personally want to prepare measures like storing resources for disaster readiness and checking escape paths whenever I go out,” the artist stated to Bloomberg. “As we get closer to July 2025, I plan to stay alert every day.
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