1.49 million foreign visitors to Japan in January, an increase of 120,000 from the previous month due to relaxation of border measures

Last month, 1.49 million foreign tourists visited Japan, an increase of more than 120,000 from the previous month.

The number of tourists continues to increase due to the easing of border measures for the new corona.

According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, an estimated 1,497,300 foreign tourists visited Japan last month, an increase of more than 120,000 from December last year.

By country and region,

▽ South Korea had 565,200

, Taiwan had 259,300

, and Hong Kong had 151,900

.

The number of tourists has continued to increase since June last year due to the gradual relaxation of measures at the borders of the new corona, but compared to the same month in 2019 before the spread of infection, the recovery is about 50%. It is

In the draft plan for the revision of the "Tourism Nation Promotion Basic Plan," the government set a goal of raising the consumption amount per foreign tourist to 200,000 yen by 2025. is expected to have a ripple effect on the economy from foreign tourists.