Only 8,000 Foreign Tourists Visit Japan In June, July

Above, the Asakusa Temple pagoda. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan's "reopening" to foreign tourism still remains a dud.

Foreign tourists can visit the country only in group tours with several requirements such as obtaining a visa and showing negative PCR test results.. That policy is going over like a lead balloon in many people's eyes.

NHK World reported:

Japan's Immigration Services Agency says only about 8,000 foreign tourists arrived in June and July.

The country eased its anti-coronavirus border controls and reopened to foreign holidaymakers on June 10 for the first time in about two years.

The number of arrivals is capped at 20,000 per day.

Tourists from 102 countries and territories including the United States, South Korea and China are allowed to come, but only in group tours.

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