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By Rocky Swift
TOKYO (Reuters) – The number of arrivals to Japan surpassed pre-pandemic levels in October, official data showed on Wednesday, marking a full recovery in arrivals for the first time since border controls were eased on Wednesday. last year.
The number of foreign business and leisure travelers rose to 2. 52 million last month from 2. 18 million in September, according to data from the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO).
The number of visitors increased to 100. 8% of the degrees observed in 2019 before the COVID-19 outbreak led to restrictions around the world.
Japan ended some of the world’s strictest border measures in October 2022 by resuming visa exemptions for many countries, and then got rid of all remaining controls in May.
Arrivals rose to 2 million in the five months to October, boosted by a weakening yen that makes Japan a low-price destination.
October’s figures were helped by a recovery in overseas flights to 80% of pre-pandemic levels, as well as requests from Southeast Asia, North America, Europe and Australia, JNTO said. Travelers from Canada, Mexico, and Germany reached all-time highs for any given month.
Arrivals from other countries are helping to offset the slow recovery in the number of guests from mainland China, which is still 65% lower than in October 2019. That year, Chinese accounted for about one-third of all guests and 40% of all tourism. spending in Japan.
Nearly 20 million visitors came to Japan in the first 10 months of 2023, according to JNTO data, a record of around 32 million for all of 2019.
(Reporting via Rocky Swift; editing via Miral Fahmy)
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