Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday abruptly halted the subsidy programme over the year-end after the country saw a resurgence in coronavirus infections.
TOKYO: Japan's economy has received a boost of at least 1 trillion yen ($9.66 billion) from a tourism campaign that the government abruptly halted this week, Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Friday.
"I think the economic impact from 'Go To Travel' has been at least 1 trillion yen up until now," Nishimura, who also oversees coronavirus policies, told reporters, adding that the figure was a rough estimate.
Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday abruptly halted the subsidy programme over the year-end after the country saw a resurgence in coronavirus infections.
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