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| Above, Tokyo Skytree from Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
More visitors are going to Japan each year, and each year a new record in the numbers of foreign visitors increase from the year before.
Travel Agent Central has posted an article on the new record set by Japan and what lies ahead in tourism.
They begin it with:
More than 30 million overseas travelers visited Japan in 2018, an all-time record, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) reports. That represents an 8.7 percent increase over 2017 — the previous record year. Tourism from the United States rose 11 percent, accounting for about 5 percent of all visitors.
Naohito Ise, the JNTO’s New York-based executive director, said in a written statement that, “American tourism to Japan is expected to continue to rise in 2019 as the country builds up to host major international sporting events,” adding that, “more and more Americans [are] seeking beyond the classic tourism destinations of Tokyo and Kyoto to discover lesser-known parts of the country.”
To read more, go here.
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