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| Above, Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
As already reported, Japan has set a new record in foreign tourists during the first half of 2014. Now, Travelpulse.com is reporting that Americans are coming to Japan in record numbers.
They wrote:
Over the last few years U.S. tourism to Japan has gone from the lowest of the low in the aftermath of the March, 2011 tsunami to where it is now at its highest point ever. In the first six months of 2014, from January through June, 446,000 Americans visited Japan, a record for any other six month period. In fact, the 87,900 U.S. visitors in June set a record for any month since records began being taken.The article cites the dollar's performance against the Japanese yen as a major factor in the rebound in American tourism, although the figures are jumbled up.
As recently as the autumn of 2012, the Dollar only purchased 77 Yen. In 2011, the exchange rate was 110 Yen to the Dollar, but U.S. traffic wasn’t nearly as strong as it is now, when the Dollar purchased 102 Yen.The dollar was never at 110 yen in 2011. The highest was 85.13 yen in April 2011.
I did my part during the first half of 2014 in visiting Japan in February.
To read more, go here.
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