Rumors about an impending natural disaster, sparked by an old comic book, have hit Japan’s tourism boom, leading some airlines to suspend flights to the country. Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines is one of them, announcing an indefinite suspension of flights to Tokushima on Wednesday. This follows the viral spread of predictions linked to a…
Fears of catastrophe linked to viral manga The Future I Saw Arrivals from Hong Kong drop 11 per cent on-year in May Japan has seen record visitor numbers this year TOKYO, July 3 — Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan’s tourism boom, with some…
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – A comic has led many tourists to cancel their trips to Japan. According to The Independent, ticket bookings from Hong Kong to Japan dropped by up to 50 percent after a manga artist released a comic predicting a natural disaster. The comic, titled The Future I Saw by manga artist Ryo Tatsuki, includes…
Hong Kong travelers love Japan. The country consistently ranks fourth in inbound visitors to Japan, exceeding the US and coming in behind Taiwan. However, lately, there’s been a marked dip in flights from Hong Kong to Japan. The reason? A Japanese manga whose author claims they’ve seen the future – and it doesn’t look good…