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28 Juillet 2012
July 28, 2012
Hong Kong downgrades travel alert for Fukushima
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120728_10.html
Hong Kong has downgraded its travel advisory for Japan's Fukushima Prefecture to the lowest level.
The Hong Kong government advised against all travel to the prefecture following last year's accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
It adjusted the alert to "monitor the situation, exercise caution" on Friday.
But the government is still advising residents to pay attention to announcements by Japanese authorities.
It is also calling on people to avoid all travel within 20 kilometers of the Daiichi plant as well as to evacuation areas designated by the Japanese government.
Hong Kong residents rank high on the list of foreign visitors to Japan.
But the number of visitors from Hong Kong dropped last year by about 30 percent year-on-year to about 360,000 following the disaster in northeast Japan.
Downgrading of the advisory is expected to help increase the number of visitors from Hong Kong.
South Korea and Taiwan have lifted their travel restrictions to Japan except for parts of Fukushima Prefecture.
China has yet to lift its advisory against travel to Fukushima Prefecture and other areas hit hard by the disaster.
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