Holidays in July "Sea Day" was fixed at the time of enactment on July 20, but in order to increase three consecutive holidays and lead to tourism promotion, now the third Monday in July .

Meanwhile, a bipartisan parliamentary association made by some Diet members will make July 23, the day before the opening ceremony, the sea day the 2020 when the Tokyo Olympic Games will be held, and after July 2021 the enactment will be in July We aim to revise the law to return to 20th.

On this trend, industry organizations such as travel agencies and ryokans, executives of airlines and railroad companies all got press conference and announced their intention to oppose. JTB president Hiroki Tagawa who is the chairman of the Japan Travel Agency Association stated, "The three consecutive holidays on the sea day are also penetrating to the citizens and go against the policies of the country promoting tourism promotion."

At the press conference, when three holidays including marine day were lost, fewer people traveled and estimated that the economic impact will be more than 200 billion yen, appealed to discuss with caution.