Japan Is Ready For A Record Tourism Year

Above, Asakusa's Nakamise Street that leads to the Sensoji Temple. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

A few days ago, it was posted in Travel Daily UK that Japan is "ready" to enjoy a record year in 2014 in foreign tourism.

The reason for the optimism?  They wrote:

Since the disaster [of the Great East Japan Earthquake], Japan and InsideJapan Tours initially saw a huge drop in tourism. In 2013 however, Japan saw a record number of foreign visitors with a 24% increase on the previous year to reach a high of almost 11 million. 

Our figures certainly reflect the increase in visitors to this unique country. The first two months of 2014 have seen a 55% increase in sales for InsideJapan compared to the same months in 2013 and departures for the year ahead look very healthy beyond this record peak cherry blossom period (late March – mid April).

People are reading good things about Japan and it is rightly gaining interest in the travelling world as one of the destinations to travel to.

As was posted yesterday, Japan saw a record 880,000 foreign visitors come to Japan in February. The Travel Daily UK article was written before the February numbers were released.

To read the full article, go here.