Japan Times: Japan To Triple Foreign Visitors By 2030

Above, a wedding taking place at Wedding Island Marizon at the end of Palm Tree Pier. Marizon is
a popular dating and leisure facility that is a minute walk from Fukuoka Tower.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan is getting really serious about boosting tourism to the country.

The Japan Times reported:

The government has drafted a plan to more than triple the annual number of foreign travelers to Japan to some 30 million by 2030 through ramping up promotional activities, sources said. 

The draft estimates that if the target is achieved, the spending of foreign visitors may expand to ¥4.7 trillion in 2030 from ¥1.3 trillion in 2010, when overseas arrivals totaled a record 8.61 million. 

The increased spending is also projected to boost travel industry-related jobs to 830,000 in the target year from 250,000 in 2010.

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