Nearly half a million foreign visitors arrive in Japan as tourism surges

 

 

 

TOKYO — The number of foreign visitors to Japan in October is estimated to have totaled 498,600, surging to 22.5 times the level in the same period last year, the Japan National Tourism Organization announced Wednesday.

The surge came as the government drastically eased its COVID-19 border control measures and resumed accepting individual tourists from abroad on Oct. 11, while the weak yen helped attract foreign tourists.

country and region, the largest number of visitors came from South Korea at 122,900, followed by the United States at 53,200, Hong Kong at 36,200, Taiwan at 35,000 and Thailand at 34,100.

“The relaxation of border control m…

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