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August 12 2020
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In Japan they book fake planes for virtual vacations

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In Japan they book fake planes for virtual vacations
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Gianluca Ricciodi Gianluca Riccio
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The virtual vacation and virtual reality travel market is growing in a Japan that can travel little or nothing due to the coronavirus. The case of Tokyo First Airlines.

There is a Japanese businessman, Katsuo Inoue, which this year has chosen Italy for its summer holidays. A nice business class flight with all the necessary comforts and then the beauties of Rome and Florence. All without leaving Tokyo.

56-year-old Inoue and his wife “flew” as customers of the entertainment company Tokyo First Airlines, which has perhaps seriously opened up a market (however already existing) of virtual reality travel. Virtual vacation is a growing market for Japanese tourists, driven by coronavirus restrictions.

"I often travel abroad for work, but have never been to Italy," the businessman told Reuters. “My impression was pretty good because thanks to virtual reality I had the feeling of actually seeing things there. "

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Virtual holidays: you "fly"

Travelers who, needless to say, remain on the ground all the time, sit in first-class or business-class seats in a mock airline cabin. As with any airline, meals and beverages are served during the flight, with screens showing exterior views of the plane "in flight", including passing clouds.

Virtual holidays in virtual reality
A "passenger" of the flight with her virtual reality viewer. Photo: Reuters

The virtual reality visors supplied offer engaging tours to destinations including, in addition to our Italian cities of culture, Paris, New York, and even Hawaii.

Coronavirus has stopped most trips from Japan. The country's largest airline, ANA Holdings, said the number of flights to foreign destinations with its planes has decreased 96% in June. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has gone further. Last month he predicted that it will take at least another 4 years, until 2024, to recover the number of global passengers.

Tokyo First Airlines: Buckle up, stay on the ground

Tokyo First Airlines, virtual holidays, virtual reality travel
A group of customers during a "Flight" with Tokyo First Airlines

At First Airlines they have no booking problems, as you can imagine. “Passengers” are even offered a pre-flight safety demonstration with a life jacket and oxygen mask. Bookings have increased by around 50% since the start of the pandemic.

Japan registered over 50.000 coronavirus cases, with just over a thousand deaths, according to public broadcaster NHK. A second wave of infections that began to accelerate in July cooled expectations for a resumption of internal travel. Except, apparently, virtual reality travel.

Travel in virtual reality, virtual holidays with Tokyo First Airlines
A Tokyo First Airlines stewardess takes care of the passengers

"Our customers can experience sensations, travel experiences and destinations, waiting to be able to travel again", says the president, Hiroaki Abe.

And in any case, virtual holidays are not so bad: the privilege of not finding a queue at check in alone deserves the price of the ticket.

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Gianluca Riccio, copywriter and journalist - Born in 1975, he is the creative director of an advertising agency, he is affiliated with the Italian Institute for the Future, World Future Society and H +, Network of Italian Transhumanists.

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