Japan Hit Record Number of Foreign Visitors In July

Above, the business district near Tokyo Station. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Foreign visitors to Japan hit a record high in July, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO).

News On Japan reported:

The estimated number of visitors to Japan in July rose 26.6 pct from a year earlier to 1,269,700, the highest figure ever for any month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.

The article goes on to state that the visitor total for the first seven months was 7,530,100, which is up 26.4% from the same period last year. This is the fastest Japan had reached 7.5 million visitors on record.

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