Tokyo: Hoteliers reported on Tuesday ( Aug 13 ) that Japan’s unprecedented megaquake advisory has resulted in thousands of hotel cancellations in areas flagged as high-risk, giving businesses a severe blow in what would have been one of the busiest seasons.
The weather agency predicted a massive earthquake would follow the scale 7.1 bump in the north on Thursday, which injured at least 15 individuals.
The expert, the first of its kind, does not mean a massive tremor is inevitable, but that the danger of such an occasion has now been elevated, if still lower, authorities have said.
Content to the notice is the so-called” Nankai Trough” 800km oceanic area that runs from Shizuoka, north of Tokyo, to the southern suggestion of Kyushu isle.
At least 9, 400 individuals have cancelled their hotel reservations in northern Kochi since the alert was issued last year, according to a local motel coalition, one of the parts predicted to be hit hardest.
The cancellations covering the period from Aug 9 to Aug 18 amount to a loss of around 140 million yen ( US$ 948, 000 ) in revenue, Susumu Nishitani, a union representative told AFP.