Last month, more than 930,000 foreign tourists visited Japan, nearly doubling from the previous month.
The number of tourists visiting Japan continues to increase due to the drastic relaxation of measures at the borders of the new corona.
According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, an estimated 934,500 foreign tourists visited Japan last month, including tourists.
By country and region,
South Korea has 315,400 people, accounting for 30% of the total, followed
by
Taiwan with 99,500 people, the
United States with 84,300 people,
Hong Kong with 83,000 people,
and Thailand with 52,100 people. did.
Since autumn this year, the government has significantly eased the new corona's border measures than before, and along with that, the number of foreign tourists continues to increase significantly.
The number increased from 170,000 in August to 200,000 in September and 490,000 in October.
However, the number of foreign tourists last month was still only 40% compared to 2.44 million in the same month in 2019 before the new corona.
It will continue to be necessary to achieve both thorough infection prevention and the attraction of foreign tourists.