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(CNN) - Japan Airlines will give away 50,000 free national round-trip air tickets to international tourists next summer, but there is a catch.
The draw aims to encourage tourists to see less visited parts of Japan, and perhaps take some tension away from Tokyo between July 1 and September 30 next year, as the capital hosts the Summer Olympics .
However, to win free tickets, travelers must be registered outside of Japan with the Mileage Bank frequent flyer program of the flag company. And they won't know where they are going until a few days after submitting the application.
The airline will recommend four local destinations to choose from, flying from Haneda airport in Tokyo, or Osaka, Itami and Kansai airports. Family members and friends traveling together can submit an application as a group of up to four people, and applicants will receive the result within three days of the request.
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The Games will be held from July 24 to August 9, 2020, and subsequent Paralympic Games will end on September 6. The government of Japan expects the "effect of the Olympic Games" to bring approximately 10 million additional visitors to the country in 2020.
Annual arrivals of foreign visitors to Japan tripled in 2013 to 2018 to more than 31 million, with approximately 10 million stopping in Tokyo.
More details about the JAL raffle will be announced in early January and applications will open in late February. Requests will be made in order of arrival.
Final preparations are underway for the Olympic Games, with the new National Stadium in Tokyo, the headquarters of the Games, officially opened on December 21 in a star-filled ceremony that included the Jamaican sprinter and the eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt.
