Japan nears tourism recovery with 96% of pre-Covid visitors in Sept

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The yen’s near 33-year low makes Japan a bargain destination for over 2 million international tourists.

Strong international demand is offsetting the decline in traveller numbers from mainland China that are still 60% below 2019.

The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure was 2.18 million last month, data from the Japan National Tourism Organization showed, up slightly from 2.16 million in August. Japan ended some of the world’s strictest Covid-19 border restrictions a year ago when it resumed visa-free travel for many countries, and went on to scrap all remaining controls in May.

“With inflation in the United States, everything is outrageously expensive, and coming here, it’s a lot cheaper,” John Hardisty, a 48-year-old engineer from Hawaii, said during a recent shopping trip in Tokyo. “It’s like a night and day difference.”

 

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