COVID-19 and Tourism －A Critical Consideration on “Go To Travel Campaign”－

Abstract

This paper attempts to evaluate the“Go To Travel Campaign”from the external diseconomies. The problem of coronavirus is related to the agglomeration diseconomy, and it is essential to avoid the so-called SANMITSU and keep social distance. Nevertheless, this campaign is expected to increase the risk of infection from the coronavirus, which is external diseconomies, in order to increase more tourists.