Foreign Visitors To Japan Tops One Million In May

Above, the Great Buddha of Kamakura. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan's efforts to make the country more tourist-friendly seems to be paying off as the last two months saw record numbers in visitor arrivals.

According to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA):

TOKYO, June 18 (KUNA) -- The number of foreign visitors to Japan jumped 25.3 percent in May from a year earlier to top 1 million, the government said on Wednesday. 

An estimated 1.10 million foreigners arrived in Japan last month on sightseeing or business, a record high for the month of May, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. The figure was also the second-highest after the all-time high of 1.23 million logged in April.

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