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| Above, Asakusa during normal times. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Japan's tourism industry plummeted last year, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
NHK reported:
The coronavirus is having a crushing effect on Japan's tourism industry. The number of foreign visitors in 2020 fell nearly 90 percent from the previous year.
Officials at the Japan National Tourism Organization estimate the country received about 4.11 million visitors last year. That's down 87 percent year-on-year.
For a while, it seemed that Japan had gotten a handle on the pandemic, but new cases skyrocketed in recent months.
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