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| Above, the stage at Kyoto's Kiyomizu-dera. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Japan is now in a tourism boom.
Numbers of foreign tourists coming into Japan have been rising since the pandemic restrictions were lifted. The weak yen is one of the reasons foreigners are flocking to Japan.
However, the average Japanese citizen is feeling the pinch of inflation and other drawbacks of the boom.
Asia Media Centre has posted an article on the tourism boom.
It begins with:
Japan is enjoying a tourism and investment boom, but ordinary Japanese face a squeeze of wages not keeping pace with inflation. Philip Turner has more from Tokyo.
Getting that perfect picture of Kiyomizudera temple against glowing red and yellow maples has never been more difficult. This month Kyoto`s famous autumn colours have attracted so many foreign tourists that authorities are starting to consider Venice-style restrictions on numbers. Queues at airports are overwhelming even Japan`s excellent infrastructure and organization. Some 20,000 tourists are entering Japan from South Korea alone every day.
At the height of Japan`s economic rise in 1989, its cities were among the most expensive in the world. But over the last year the fall in the yen has made Japan one of the world`s most affordable tourist destinations.
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