Foreign Visitors to Japan at Record High
An estimated 7,334,000 foreign travelers visited Japan in 2006, topping the 7 million threshold for the first time. Kyodo reports that arrivals from Asian countries marked the strongest increases.
Visitors from South Korea grew by 21.2 percent, from China by 24.3 percent, and from Singapore by 23 percent.
The number of travelers from Europe and North America did not grow significantly.
South Koreans accounted for 28.9 percent of all foreign visitors to Japan in 2006, followed by Taiwanese residents at 17.8 percent, Americans and Chinese at 11.1 percent each, and residnets of Hong Kong at 4.8 percent.
The number of Japanese people traveling abroad in 2006 was estimated at 17,535,000, the second highest number following a record marked in 2000, according to the Japan National Tourist Organization.
Visitors from South Korea grew by 21.2 percent, from China by 24.3 percent, and from Singapore by 23 percent.
The number of travelers from Europe and North America did not grow significantly.
South Koreans accounted for 28.9 percent of all foreign visitors to Japan in 2006, followed by Taiwanese residents at 17.8 percent, Americans and Chinese at 11.1 percent each, and residnets of Hong Kong at 4.8 percent.
The number of Japanese people traveling abroad in 2006 was estimated at 17,535,000, the second highest number following a record marked in 2000, according to the Japan National Tourist Organization.
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