TOKYO – Japan welcomed 2.79 million guests in February, a document for the month and essentially the most for any month for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic started, boosted by journey throughout Lunar New 12 months holidays.
The variety of international guests for enterprise and leisure was up from 2.69 million in January, information from the Japan Nationwide Tourism Group (JNTO) confirmed on Tuesday.
Arrivals in February had been 7.1% greater than in 2019, when the Lunar New 12 months additionally fell within the second month of the yr quite than the primary. For all of 2019, Japan welcomed a document 31.9 million guests earlier than the pandemic struck.
Tourism to Japan all however stopped for greater than two years through the pandemic. Since then, the trade has obtained a serious enhance from a weak yen that has made Japan a cut price vacation spot for international vacationers.
Present account information in January confirmed a document acquire attributable to inbound tourism, illustrating the sector’s widening function within the economic system. Guests spent greater than 5 trillion yen ($33.3 billion) within the nation final yr for the primary time, exceeding the federal government’s objective.
Vacationers from 19 of 23 nations and territories, together with South Korea and the US, set information for February, the JNTO mentioned.
Japan is the highest vacation spot for vacationers from 12 nations on Agoda’s on-line reserving platform, mentioned Agoda Chief Govt Omri Morgenshtern.
“Demand for Japan could be very robust,” Mr. Morgenshtern mentioned. “I assume, general, you will notice 2024 within the 2019 ranges or barely above.” – Reuters
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