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| Above, Nakamise Street at the Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The record numbers of foreign visitors to Japan has been duly noted over at Bloomberg.com.
They wrote, in part:
Japan is poised for a record number of foreign visitors in 2014, attracted by a weaker yen and easing of visa rules, with spending by incoming tourists in April exceeding that by Japanese going abroad for the first time in 44 years.
The number of visitors to Japan in the first five months of the year was a record 5.2 million, with most coming from Taiwan, South Korea and China. JTB Corp., Japan’s biggest travel agency, projects 11.8 million people will travel to the nation in 2014.
Japan hopes to triple the annual number of foreign tourists by 2030.
To read the full article, go here.
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