Japan To Break 2010 Tourism Record Next Year, JTB Predicts

Above, Senso-ji temple in Asakusa, Tokyo.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

2010 saw a record number of tourists visit Japan (I was one of them).  8.61 million people visited Japan that year.  The numbers plummeted the following year due to the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the resulting tsunami and radiation disaster.

JTB Corp., one of Japan's leading travel agencies, predicts that 2013 will beat that record.

According to News on Japan:

In 2013, tourism is projected to climb 7.9 percent to 8.9 million, breaking the record high of 8.61 million set in 2010, JTB Corp. said.

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