TOKYO, Japan: Japan witnessed a post-pandemic surge in guests of virtually 2 million in April, with the variety of overseas guests for enterprise and leisure leaping to 1.95 million final month from 1.82 million in March, the Japan National Tourism Organisation reported.
Last month, China eased journey restrictions that had minimize off a profitable circulate of tourists in the course of the pandemic. A file 9.5 million Chinese guests landed in
Japan in 2019, which was one-third of all guests.
But a full restoration is more likely to take time due to a lingering scarcity of flights.
“We foresee a continuous increase in the number of international flights from China, as there has been an 11 percent capacity increase between March 2023 and April 2023,” mentioned Asami Chung, normal supervisor of journey administration firm FCM Japan, as quoted by Reuters.
Traveller numbers have risen steadily since Japan resumed visa-free journey for a lot of nations in October. Meanwhile, the yen has weakened precipitously towards the euro and U.S. dollar, making journeys to Japan the most cost effective they’ve been in a few years.
“The weak yen is positively influencing travel to Japan, despite the high cost,” mentioned Chung, noting that Tokyo nonetheless has the costliest resort charges in Asia.