Japan's Tourism Numbers Continues To Surge

Above, one of the gates to Nijo Castle in Kyoto. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan's tourism numbers continues to climb. They are ahead of last year at the same time.

The Japan Times reported:

The number of tourists and other visitors arriving from overseas reached 1,817,100 in August, up 63.8 percent from the same month last year. There was a surge in the number of vacationers from China, government data showed Wednesday. 

A record 12.88 million foreigners are estimated to have visited Japan in the year through August, up 49.1 percent from the same period last year and a significant advance on the goal of 20 million the government wants to achieve by 2020, the year Tokyo hosts the Olympics.

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