Kyoto hotels hit by 90% slump in foreign stays as pandemic takes toll

The number of foreign tourists staying at hotels in the normally thronging tourist destination of Kyoto plunged 89.5 percent in March from a year earlier amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent survey.The number of visitors from East Asia, where the virus took hold from the start of the year, plummeted even further, with a 98.4 percent slump in travelers from China and a 98.7 percent dive in those from Taiwan, the Kyoto City Tourism Association said.March is usually a key month for the ancient Japanese capital, with the blooming cherry blossoms a major tourist draw, but the num…READ FULL ARTICLE