世論 What Japan Thinks

This rather short survey from goo Ranking, in conjunction with the Mainichi Shimbun, into staggering long holidays (certainly not staggeringly-long holidays!) found quite a surprising (to me at least) amount of opposition to spreading the two annual five-day spring and autumn holidays across a number of weeks so that different regions of the country are on holiday at different times.

Demographics

Between the 12th and 14th of March 2010 1,060 members of the goo Research monitor aged 20 or older completed a private internet-based questionnaire. Further demographics information was not provided.

I’m all for the idea as currently everything is so busy for one week, with traffic jams and airlines, hotels etc charging a premium just because they, so I just end up staying at home.

As with a lot of these surveys, I cannot really figure out the mindset of these people who oppose the idea.

Note that I suspect that the don’t knows and can’t says have been eliminated from the below results.

Research results

Q1: Do you support the staggering of long holidays? (Sample size=1,060)

Yes (to SQ1)	33%
No (to SQ2)	67%

Q1SQ1: Why do you support the staggering of long holidays? (Sample size=supporters)

Tourist locations, roads, etc will be free from congestion	68%
Hotels, inns, etc will probably be cheaper	13%
It will have a positive influence on tourism industry, employment, etc	13%
Tourist locations can avoid degradation of their environment	4%
Can expect better service in tourist locations	3%

Q1SQ2: Why do you oppose the staggering of long holidays? (Sample size=opposers)

Family, relatives, friends cannot spend holidays together	32%
There will be unfairness according to each holiday period	23%
Will forget the meaning of holidays	21%
Bad influence on industry	16%
Be difficult to take holidays	7%