China News Service, January 21. According to Japan's "Oriental Newspaper" report, the estimated data released by the Japanese Government Tourism Bureau on January 20 show that foreign tourists visiting Japan in 2020 will decrease by 87.1% compared with 2019, only 4,115,900 people.
Affected by the entry restrictions imposed by the new crown epidemic, the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan dropped to the level of 1998 (4.1 million), the lowest in the past 22 years.
Data map: The empty Tokyo International Airport under the epidemic.
At the same time, the number of Japanese people leaving the country also dropped by 84.2% to only 3.17 million.
In January 2020, the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan reached 2.66 million, but with the emergence of the epidemic, it quickly decreased, and in May it dropped to a record low of 1,663.
As early as 2003, Japan formulated the policy of “building a nation by tourism.” In recent years, foreign tourists have increased rapidly, and their contribution to Japan’s economy reached a record 4.8 trillion yen in 2019, which is almost equivalent to a fifth of Japan’s domestic tourism market. one.
According to the target set by the Japanese government, foreign tourists should reach 40 million by 2020, but Japanese tourism has been hit hard by the epidemic.