TOKYO — Japan 's tourism chief said on Thursday that its ambitious goal of luring 60 million foreign tourists a year — more than double the current level — was well within reach, despite surging overtourism concerns. Japan last year attracted over 25 million tourists from overseas, in part buoyed by the lifting of coronavirus pandemic-era border restrictions, from countries such as South Korea, Singapore and the United States.
Tourists are seen in front of the restaurant and shopping area of the Fuji Subaru Line Fifth Station, which leads to the popular Yoshida trail for hikers climbing Mount Fuji, at Narusawa village, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 19, 2024. AFP PHOTO'It is a figure that we can very much achieve by making the right efforts,' Takahashi told a briefing in the capital Tokyo.'There are still many little-known places in Japan that are left unexplored by tourists from overseas.
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