TOKYO, June 1 (Xinhua) — The variety of in a single day stays by foreigners at motels and different lodging services in Japan totaled 10.38 million in April, exceeding 10 million for the primary time since January 2020, confirmed authorities information.
The April determine is up 19.5-fold from the identical month final yr and 92 p.c of the overall in April 2019 earlier than the coronavirus outbreak, based on the preliminary information launched by the Japan Tourism Agency on Wednesday.
As for Japanese vacationers, the determine climbed to 37.24 million, up 12.5 p.c year-on-year however down 5.6 p.c from the pre-pandemic yr of 2019, the info confirmed.
The complete in a single day stays by overseas and Japanese friends at such services got here to 47.63 million, up 41.6 p.c from a yr earlier however down 6.1 p.c from April 2019.