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| Above, Hotel Asia Center of Japan in Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The Japanese hotel (and other accommodations) industry are very pleased over the record number of foreign lodgers last year.
The Japan Times reported:
The estimated number of foreign guests at hotels and other types of accommodations in the country hit a record 88.59 million in 2018, the Japan Tourism Agency said Thursday.
The figure surpassed 80 million for the first time as the government steps up efforts to draw foreign visitors for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The pace of increase, however, slowed to 11.2 percent from 14.8 percent the previous year, according to the data.
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