TOKYO, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — The variety of overseas guests to Japan got here in at 2,156,900 in August, authorities information confirmed Wednesday.
The determine was equal to 85.6 p.c of the identical month of 2019 earlier than the COVID-19 outbreak, the Japan National Tourism Organization mentioned.
In the primary eight months of the yr, overseas customer arrivals totaled 15.19 million, 68.6 p.c of the 2019 stage.
Meanwhile, the variety of Japanese who traveled abroad final month reached 1.2 million, greater than double the determine a yr earlier, however nonetheless 43.1 p.c lower than the identical month in 2019.
During the January-August interval, a complete of 5.71 million Japanese traveled abroad, 42.9 p.c of the 2019 stage earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, the info confirmed.