The number of foreign tourists visiting Japan in 2023 will increase more than five times from the previous year to 25.06 million, and their spending will reach a record high of 5.29 trillion yen ($35.8 billion), according to government data on Wednesday. increased to
According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, the number of overseas visitors has surged since April, when Japan lifted coronavirus restrictions, and in October, monthly visitor numbers exceeded pre-pandemic levels for the first time. However, the annual total was still 21.4 percent lower than the record high of 31.88 million in 2019.
A shopping district in Ginza, Tokyo, crowded with tourists = January 17, 2024 (Kyodo News)
By country, the number of travelers from South Korea was the largest, increasing more than six times to 6.96 million. Second place was China with 2.43 million people, followed by Taiwan with 4.2 million people.
The Japan Tourism Agency announced that the amount spent by foreign tourists in Japan exceeded 5 trillion yen for the first time since statistics began in 2010.
The number of Japanese people traveling abroad in 2023 will more than triple from the previous year to 9.62 million, but it will be half of the number in 2019.
The number of visitors to Japan in December alone was 2.73 million, almost double the number from the same month last year and a record high for the same month.
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